Benson, a black lab, had learned to associate two stimuli with getting taken for a walk,
his owner getting out his leash, and his owner getting out a belt. Every time his owner picked up his belt, Benson would jump around and get excited. His owner wanted Benson to stop that so he repeatedly took out his belt without taking Benson for a walk, and always took him for a walk when getting out his leash. He was teaching Benson to _____
a) generalize.
b) extinguish.
c) discriminate.
d) learn preferentially.
Answer: c
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. _____ is the assumption that behaviors among individual members of a group are due to internal dispositions of individuals within the group
A) The ultimate attribution error B) Implied association C) The scapegoat hypothesis D) The just-world hypothesis
Sarah says that certain colors make her experience different smells. For example, she says that the color purple smells like a rose to her. Sarah is displaying the symptoms of:
a. parapsychology. b. synesthesia. c. sensation pruning. d. functional sensation.