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Joe is running a two-group experiment with dogs. In Experimental Group 1, he uses food powder as an unconditioned stimulus. In Experimental Group 2, he uses steak as an unconditioned stimulus. Which group has the greatest conditioned response?

Maxine is running a two-group experiment with cats. In Experimental Group 1, she uses food powder as an unconditioned stimulus. In Experimental Group 2, she uses fresh fish as an unconditioned stimulus. Which group has the greatest conditioned response?

______ contend an originally neutral stimulus develops the ability to elicit a specific response.

When I opened the refrigerator to get some food, my dog Jasmine would come to the kitchen and I would give her a snack. After a while, every time I opened the refrigerator Jasmine would run to the kitchen. In this example, running to the kitchen is an example of ______.  

When a salient cue and a nonsalient cue are presented together with an unconditioned stimulus, the salient cue will accrue more associative strength than the nonsalient cue. This is called ______.

A decrease in a response due to repeated exposures is called ______.

Curtis is going to Scotland. When he arrives, his friends take him to a pub where they serve beer and Haggis. After consuming a small amount of the Haggis, Curtis ate Scottish salmon. However, the next time Curtis enters the pub, he had three helpings of the Haggis. This is an example of

Habituation allows us to ______, while ______ reinstates the response in case the stimuli become important.

The AESOP model introduces the principle that ______.

Phoebe has taught her cat Sonia to rollover in order to obtain a piece of cat food. One morning after feeding. Phoebe tries to get Sonia to roll over but Sonja refuses to comply. Which of Thorndike’s laws best explains this failure?