According to Spence, the peak-shift effect occurs because the:
A) observed response is given by the difference between the excitatory and inhibitory generalization gradients.
B) organism ignores the excitatory generalization gradient.
C) organism ignores both the excitatory and the inhibitory generalization gradients.
D) observed response is given by the inhibitory generalization gradient.

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The peak-shift effect, as described by Spence, occurs because the observed response is determined by the difference between the excitatory and inhibitory generalization gradients. This means that the response to a stimulus is influenced by both the positive association (excitatory) with the stimulus and the negative association (inhibitory) with stimuli that are similar but not rewarded.

According to Spence, the Peak-Shift Effect Occurs Because The