Kisha adopted an abused dog that cringed every time she raised her hand to pet it. After a while, the dog no longer cringed. This is an example of _____.

habituation
classical conditioning
latent learning
insightful learning

Question

Kisha adopted an abused dog that cringed every time she raised her hand to pet it. After a while, the dog no longer cringed. This is an example of _____.

habituation
classical conditioning
latent learning
insightful learning

anonymous · Answer

@coolman500

anonymous · Answer

insightful learning

anonymous · Answer

I believe it is classical conditioning.

loser66 · Answer

me too, classical conditioning, 
because insightful learning happens in human being only.

anonymous · Answer

It's possible they were looking for habituation, but that is supposed to only apply when the response was to something natural.  The cringe was definitely classical conditioning, losing the cringe would be called extinction rather than habituation.  So it isn't a great question.