The four conditioning principles discussed in the last chapter are reinforcement, extinction, generalization, and discrimination. You remember them by imagining walking into your living room and seeing the following: an extra beam in the ceiling to reinforce it; on the countertop an ant that you extinguish; a general sitting at your living room table eating lunch; and playing in the family room, a pair of twins between whom you must learn to discriminate . You are using a(n) _______________ to learn these conditioning principles.
A) acrostic
B) pegword
C) method of loci
D) acronym

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The scenario described utilizes the method of loci, a mnemonic device that involves visualizing items you want to remember in specific locations (loci) to help recall them later. In this case, the locations within a house (living room, countertop, etc.) are used to remember the four conditioning principles.

The Four Conditioning Principles Discussed in the Last Chapter Are