Reacting to a stimulus that is similar to the one you have learned to react to is called ___________
a) stimulus generalization
b) response generalization
c) higher-order conditioning
d) modeling
ANS: A
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Angeles now allows us to a. predict the number of aggravated assaults. b. explain why aggravated assaults occur. c. prevent aggravated assaults from occurring. d. do all of these.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. "The unconditioned stimulus in the Little Albert study initially was a white rat. " 2. "Through a process called stimulus generalization, Little Albert learned to fear anything that was white and furry. " 3. "After being conditioned to fear white rats, Albert also was afraid of white rabbits, illustrating the effects of stimulus discrimination. " 4. "The Little Albert study showed that fear conditioning in humans is quite different from fear conditioning in animals. " 5. "According to the Rescorla–Wagner model, the US (unconditioned stimulus) sets up an expectation for the CS (conditioned stimulus). "