The results from the experimental condition in compound conditioning (Exercise 6) support the claim that the conditioned strength of the compound CS is the __________ the conditioned strengths of the two CSs that formed the compound.
a. difference between
b. product of
c. sum of
d. ratio of
c. sum of
Answer feedback: The results from the experimental condition demonstrate that compound conditioning is additive, that is, the amount of conditioning for the compound CS is the sum of the separate amounts of conditioning for the CSs that compose it.
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