Author Question: Selby receives invitations to attend two events taking place on the same day. While one invitation ... (Read 106 times)

jman1234 · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Selby receives invitations to attend two events taking place on the same day. While one invitation is from a distant cousin, the other one is from a close friend. Though she wants to attend both, she decides to attend the function hosted by her close friend. Selby's behavior illustrates the _____ theory of classical conditioning.

A) stimulus-substitution
B) Rescorla-Wagner
C) compensatory-response
D) stimulus-response

Question 2

An aversive blast of air has a maximum associative value of 15 units. A compound stimulus consisting of a click and a scent is repeatedly paired with the puff of air, until the maximum conditioning has been reached. The scent acquires 13 units of associative value. This means that the click must have acquired _____ units of associative value which is an example of _____.

A) 13; overshadowing
B) 2; blocking
C) 2; overshadowing
D) 13; blocking