AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Carly used to feel nausea when going to McDonalds because she associated the food with illness. After a few good meals there, she no longer feels the nausea. Which prinicple?
A
Spontaneous recovery
B
Extinction
C
Second-order conditioning
D
Generalization
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Spontaneous recovery is typically defined as the reemergence of conditioned responding to an extinguished conditioned stimulus (CS) with the passage of time since extinction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Spontaneous Recovery Examples – Operant Conditioning A trainer teaches a dog to sit by associating the command “Sit” with food. So the dog learns to sit whenever the trainer says the word. But after the trainer stops giving it food, the dog gradually stops responding to the command.

Detailed explanation-3: -Confiscating the phone if a student is caught using it is positive punishment. This is a classic operant conditioning example in the classroom. Operant conditioning examples in the classroom also include a teacher scolding a student publicly for repeating mistakes.

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