Question

Isaiah is applying to medical school and all of the admissions decisions are being sent via email. Now, every time he gets an email from a medical school's admissions team, his heart begins to race and his palms begin to sweat. According to the "Learning and Conditioning" lecture, what stage of classical conditioning is Isaiah MOST likely experiencing?

a) Acquisition
b) Extinction
c) Generalization
d) Discrimination

Answer 1

Isaiah is most likely experiencing stimulus generalization according to the "Learning and Conditioning" lecture.

Step-by-step explanation:

Isaiah is most likely experiencing stimulus generalization according to the "Learning and Conditioning" lecture. Stimulus generalization occurs when an organism demonstrates the conditioned response to stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus. In this case, Isaiah's physiological response of an increased heart rate and sweaty palms is being triggered by emails from different medical schools which are similar to the conditioned stimulus of receiving email from one medical school's admissions team.