Question

Kisha adopted an abused dog that cringed every time she raised her hand to pet it. After awhile, the dog no longer cringed. This is an example of ______.

habituation, classical conditioning, latent learning, insightful learning.

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Most of this question already answered say that Classical Conditioning is correct and have high star ratings!! BUT.... MY answer of HABITUATION was graded as correct?! My course material The Habituation definition is=when an animal learns not to respond to a stimulus. And my unit says Habituation is learning NOT to continue a behavior ( like cringing ) due to a lack of reinforcement ( abuse ) for that behavior. Please answer this so it will post!

Answer 1

Yes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Kisha adopted an abused dog that cringed every time she raised her hand to pet it. After awhile, the dog no longer cringed. This is an example of habituation.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Habituation is a decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentations.
• Habituation occurs when animals are exposed to the same stimuli repeatedly, and eventually stop responding to that stimulus.