A research assistant in a lab conditions dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell. During conditioning, the assistant rings a bell and then presents the dog with food. After conditioning, the dog salivates when it hears the bell. The bell is the _____ stimulus, and the food is the _____ stimulus.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
conditioned; unconditioned
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a. an ability to initiate his or her own activities. b. self-sufficiency. c. a sense of competence. d. optimism and trust toward the world.
When patients with schizophrenia fail to perform behaviors considered to be normal, we refer to these "missing" behaviors as _________ symptoms.
A. negative B. positive C. active-phase D. prodromal
Which of the following characterizes REM sleep?
a. When woken up in this stage, people are often groggy and confused. b. When in this stage people are often able to toss and turn on the bed, freely moving. c. The person experiences dreams. d. The person experiences vague sensations or feelings.
In general, neural messages are received by the _____ and transmitted by the _____.
a. cell body; dendrites b. axons; nucleus c. dendrites; axon d. axon; dendrites