With inhibitory conditioning, the CS signals the subsequent
a. presentation of the US.
b. presentation of a compound CS.
c. absence of the US.
d. presentation of a stronger US.
c. absence of the US.
Answer feedback: With excitatory conditioning, the pairing of the CS with the US produces a CR. With inhibitory conditioning, the US does not occur, and the CS signals its absence. It is important to distinguish inhibitory conditioning from extinction and from the situation in which stimuli are neutral because they have not undergone acquisition.
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