Researchers condition a flatworm to contract its body to a light by repeatedly pairing the light with electric shock. The stage in which the flatworm's contraction response to light is established and gradually strengthened is called

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The stage in which the flatworm's contraction response to light is established and gradually strengthened is referred to as acquisition. Conditioning occurs during the acquisition phase as the flatworm learns to connect the light with the electric shock. Shaping involves teaching a more complex behavior, generalization is a phenomenon whereby an organism reacts to similar stimuli in the same way it does to the initial stimulus, and spontaneous recovery is the tendency for a conditioned response to reappear after a period of extinction.

Researchers Condition a Flatworm to Contract Its Body to a Light