Ken used to drool at the smell of peanut butter cookies as they baked, and he couldn't wait to sink his teeth into that first cookie. However, Ken's new roommate makes terrible peanut butter cookies, and the smell of them baking is no longer associated with a wonderful taste experience. Consequently, Ken finds that the smell of the cookies no longer makes him drool in anticipation. This

illustrates the classical conditioning process known as

a. spontaneous recovery.
b. second-order conditioning.
c. extinction.
d. avoidance.

C

Psychology

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A) the representativeness heuristic B) the availability heuristic C) anchoring effect D) confirmation bias

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What is the term for a person's set of beliefs about what he or she is like as an individual?

a) Individualistic orientation b) Self-concept c) Psychosocial development d) Ego

Psychology