With continued practice of physical skills, neural pathways
A) prune more synapses.
B) grow more synapses.
C) lose myelination.
D) become less efficient.
B) grow more synapses. The neurons involved in physical skills are activated together, causing the connections among them to strengthen.
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a. are chemical substances that are insoluble in water. b. are chemical substances that are soluble in water. c. are the vibrations of molecules. d. are tactile stimulation.
Using a higher probability behavior as a reinforcer for a lower probability behavior is known as
a. the Premack principle. b. statistical reinforcement. c. reinforcer sampling. d. generalized reinforcement.
The notion that aggression is learned through the imitation of others is proposed by:
a. classical conditioning theory b. social learning theory c. ethological theory d. psychoanalytic theory e. frustration–aggression hypothesis
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