An Experimenter Attempting to Classically Condition a New Behavior in a Dog

Multiple Choice

An experimenter attempting to classically condition a new behavior in a dog unintentionally presents the CS without the US several times during the conditioning process. She finds that this intermittent pairing ________.

A) increases the rate of learning and the strength of the final learned response
B) has no effect on the rate of learning or the strength of the final learned response
C) increases the rate of learning but decreases the strength of the final learned response
D) reduces the rate of learning and the strength of the final learned response