Jackie scolds her son each time he swears in an attempt to punish this response. This punishment may be ineffective due to


Answer: Swearing is also positively reinforced by attention

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A new science fiction book you're reading describes an evil country wanting to take over the rest of the world by preventing their enemies from forming new long-term memories. How would you do it?

A. putting a chemical into the water supply that destroys the amygdala B. devise a propaganda plan that would introduce source misattribution C. preventing state-dependent learning from occurring D. putting a drug into the water supply that prevents long-term potentiation

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A scientist who wanted to determine how inflammation in the brain was occurring in a certain disorder would most likely investigate which of the following?

a. Oligodendrocytes b. Reactive astrocytes c. M2 microglial cells d. M1 microglial cells

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