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jasdeep_brar · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

A click and a scent are each separately paired with a shock and conditioned to a maximum associative value. The click and scent are then combined into a compound stimulus and subjected to further pairings with the same shock. A likely result is that the associative value of one CS will _____ and the associative value of the other CS will _____.

A) decrease; increase
B) decrease; also decrease
C) remain unchanged; remain unchanged
D) increase; also increase

Question 2

In a conditioning experiment, to say that a CS has high associative value is equivalent, in more cognitive terms, to saying that

A) the subject expects that the CS will be followed by the US.
B) the CS is a good predictor of the US.
C) the CS is a good substitute for the US.
D) Both a and b are correct.