Question

After pavlov had conditioned a dog to salivate to a tone, he repeatedly sounded the tone without presenting the food. as a result, ________ occurred. select one:
a. latent learning
b. negative reinforcement
c. discrimination
d. generalization
e. extinction check

Answer 1

Classical conditioning relies on stimulating reflex behavior by means of environmental stimuli. In this problem, Pavlov conditioned the dog to expect food when the tone is sounded. By not presenting the food when the tone is sounded, negative reinforcement happens.