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Cooldude101 · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

A gradual decrease in an unconditioned response due to repeated exposure to the eliciting stimulus is called:

a. sensitization. c. habituation.
b. disinhibition. d. extinction.

Question 2

A therapist has hypothesized that a child has learned to dislike certain foods because she was made to eat them in the presence of cigarette smoke that produced nausea in the child. If such learned aversions occurred, the smoke would have acted as:

a. an operant. c. a negative reinforcement.
b. an unconditioned stimulus. d. a conditioned stimulus.