Latent inhibition prevents the development of conditioned responses to _____ that are coincidentally paired with a US.
A) redundant stimuli
B) predictable stimuli
C) unfamiliar stimuli
D) uncommon stimuli

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Latent inhibition occurs when a stimulus that has been experienced repeatedly without reinforcement or punishment takes longer to acquire meaning (as a signal or conditioned stimulus) when it is finally paired with a reinforcement or punishment. Redundant stimuli, which are encountered frequently without any association to a significant outcome, are therefore the ones to which latent inhibition applies, making it harder for them to become conditioned stimuli later on.

Latent Inhibition Prevents the Development of Conditioned Responses to _____