Question

When the veterinarian advised an owner to feed her dog in the morning instead of in the evening, it took several days for the dog to stop salivating late in the afternoon around its previous dinner time. This is an example of:a. spontaneous recovery.

b. extinction
c. generalization
d. second-order conditioning.

Answer 1

The correct answer is option b. "extinction".

Step-by-step explanation:

In Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), extinction is a term use to describe the discontinuous of a reinforcement of an habitat. In this case, when the owner discontinued the dog's behavior of eating late in the afternoon, he used an extinction approach of behavior. The dog took some time to associate the hour and the food, and for some days he could not stop salivating at that time.

Answer 2

The answer is A.

Step-by-step explanation:

The example given in the question describes the spontaneous recovery which is a concept that was invented by Ivan Pavlov. It basically states that after the brain is conditioned for a certain situation or stimuli, it takes some time for the habit to adjust in accordance to the change of the situation or stimuli. In this case it is the change of the feeding time. So the answer is A.

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