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If a rat is given a mild electric shock when it goes to a certain part of its cage, it eventually avoids going there. This is because of
If a rat is given a mild electric shock when it goes to a certain part of its cage, it eventually avoids going there. This is because of
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The correct option is A Conditioning
The mouse stops going to a corner where it experiences an electric shock because of conditioning. A conditioned reflex, also called an acquired reflex, is an automatic response to a stimulus that differs from that initially causing the response, but that has become associated with it by repetition, in a process called classical conditioning. Such reflex is developed gradually by training in association with specific repeated external stimuli.
The mouse stops going to a corner where it experiences an electric shock because of conditioning. A conditioned reflex, also called an acquired reflex, is an automatic response to a stimulus that differs from that initially causing the response, but that has become associated with it by repetition, in a process called classical conditioning. Such reflex is developed gradually by training in association with specific repeated external stimuli.
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