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

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Intermittent pairing of the conditioned stimulus (CS) without the unconditioned stimulus (US) can lead to a reduction in both the rate of learning and the strength of the conditioned response, a phenomenon related to extinction or less effective conditioning.

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