Practice mode Psychology

Responding to a conditioned stimulus in order to avoid an electric shock is an example of what?

Correct answer B. Avoidance conditioning

Explanation

In avoidance conditioning, a warning signal predicts the aversive stimulus, and the animal learns to respond to the signal so the shock never arrives; escape conditioning instead ends a shock already present.

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