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Which of the following is an example of classical conditioning in real life?
A) A person learns to drive a car after many lessons.
B) A dog salivates at the sound of a can opener because it associates the sound with food.
C) A person feels happy after receiving a reward for good behavior.
D) A student takes notes during a lecture.

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Answer: B) A dog salivates at the sound of a can opener because it associates the sound with food.

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What does “acquisition” refer to in classical conditioning?
A) The extinction of a conditioned response
B) The process of learning to associate the neutral stimulus with the unconditioned stimulus
C) The presentation of the conditioned stimulus alone
D) The appearance of spontaneous recovery

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B) The process of learning to associate the neutral stimulus with the unconditioned stimulus

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What happens during spontaneous recovery in classical conditioning?
A) The conditioned response is strengthened
B) The conditioned response reappears after extinction
C) The conditioned stimulus loses its power
D) The neutral stimulus becomes conditioned

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B) The conditioned response reappears after extinction

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In Pavlov’s experiment, what was the neutral stimulus before conditioning?
A) Food
B) Bell
C) Salivation
D) Dog

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: B) Bell

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What is the process of classical conditioning?
A) Learning through consequences
B) Learning through association
C) Learning through observation
D) Learning through verbal communication

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: B) Learning through association

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Who is credited with discovering classical conditioning?
A) B.F. Skinner
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Ivan Pavlov
D) Carl Rogers

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C) Ivan Pavlov

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What is the conditioned response (CR) in Pavlov’s experiment?
A) Salivation to the food
B) Salivation to the bell
C) Ringing of the bell
D) Dog’s behavior

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B) Salivation to the bell

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What term refers to the process of extinguishing a conditioned response?
A) Acquisition
B) Spontaneous recovery
C) Extinction
D) Generalization

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C) Extinction

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under supply of SA causes

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depression

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negative reinforcers _ the rate of operant responding

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increase

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receives chemical messages

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Dendrites

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Junction between sending a neuron and receiving a neuron

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synapse

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chemical messengers

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neurotransmitters

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speeds up impulse transmission

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myelin sheath

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electrical impulse

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action potential

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regulates sleep and mood

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serotonin

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Too much DA causes

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schizoprenia

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Too little dopamine causes

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parkinson’s

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running to reduce stress

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negative reinforcement

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By learning to associate a squirt of water with an electric shock,sea snails demonstrate the process of

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classical conditioning

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minimum level of stimulation required to trigger a neutral impulse

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Threshold

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Red is to purple_as

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a base drum, a piccolo

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cats and bats have

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many more rods than people

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SSRI

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prevent the uptake of SA

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sarah was born with a birth defect and is deaf in one ear. she likely has trouble with
the location of sounds
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Because a neuron is similar to a gun, firing is called
All or none law
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Neurotransmitters fit the receptor site like
a lock and key
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organizing and interpreting physical energy is called
perception
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Phineas Gage has an iron pierce his brain. Miraculously, he lived. The rod obviously missed
the structures in his old brain
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what we see and hear
Is only a portion of the full electromagnetic spectrum
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The best thing to do for a blind person is to
let go of their arm
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cigarettes might be considered
lethal weapons
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Neutral impulses are slower
without the myelin sheath
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Both vision and hearing
change the electromagnetic spectrum into electric impulses
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John is a runner, One Neurotransmitters that is instrumental in this pursuit is
ACH
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A_ is a nerve cell
neuron
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A synapse is bordered by a dendrite, True or false
False
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we watched a clip of Seinfeld where Kramer said the sun looks like a chicken, This would be a matter of
perception
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A neuron conveys a message to a neighboring neurons across a junction called
synapse
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The hammer, anvil and stirrup
are the smallest bones in the body
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An axon's length can range from a few millimeters to
Three feets
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Last year a story emerged about a young couple and their baby and (dog) in california who left for a hike early in the morning. They were all found dead of heat stroke by noon. Their _ could not keep [pace with their rising temperatures.
hypothalamus
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which of the following is a statistical measure of the extent to which two factors vary together
corellation coefficient
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when a neuron fires, neurotransmitters are released from vesicles in the _ into the_
axon terminal, synaptic cleft
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Phineas Gage ha rod Pierce his head and still lived, obviously, it missed his
medulla and cerebellum
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A researcher would most likely discover a negative corellation between
self esteem and confidence
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terry a firefighter who cannot remember faces. terry most likely had
damage to some feature detection cells
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After leaving a dark place, what part helps the eye adjust to the bright light of the afternoon
your iris adjusting pupil size
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The _ triggers the auditory nerve while the _triggers the optic nerve
cillia, ganglion cells
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Daniel kish believes blind people will not learn to echolocate if
They have too much support.
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Visible light is
Electromagnetic energy
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steps in which light get processed in the brain
Light enters the cornea-Pupil-Iris ( small pupil increase focus, while large pupil lets into more light but details are harder to see.) retina-rods and cones-bipolar cells-ganglion cell-optic nerve-thalamus
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If someone squeezed your hand gently or tightly, the sensory neurons will fire impulses of the same magnitude. The is due to the
All or none principle