An experimenter plans to condition a dog to salivate to a light bypairing the light with food. The dog will learn to salivate to the light most quickly if the experimenter presents the light_____ a. five seconds before the food. b. a half-second before the food. c. at precisely the same time as the food. d. a half-second after the food. e. five seconds after the food.
Social Studies · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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b. a half-second before the food.
This timing is consistent with classical conditioning principles, where the conditioned stimulus (light) should be presented just before the unconditioned stimulus (food) for optimal learning.