According to Pavlov, demonstrations of inhibitory conditioning must take place within the context of excitatory conditioning. This is necessary because
a. an inhibitory CS, by definition, elicits no CR and is therefore not measurable by itself.
b. excitatory conditioning is stronger than inhibitory conditioning.
c. the CS for inhibitory conditioning must always be the same as the CS for excitatory conditioning.
d. excitatory CSs function as signals, but inhibitory CSs have not signaling function.
a. an inhibitory CS, by definition, elicits no CR and is therefore not measurable by itself.
Answer feedback: Inhibitory CSs do not elicit CRs. For that reason their effects are only detectable through some alteration of the CRs elicited by excitatory CSs. Both excitatory and inhibitory CSs function as signals.
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