You come across a magazine article on endorphins. It doesn't surprise you that it is subtitled "the keys to paradise," because

a. they have the capacity to alter a person's mood state.
b. these substances can reduce the addictive properties of illegal drugs.
c. of their pleasure-pain controlling properties.
d. many of the new prescription medications will have endorphins as their primary component.


Answer: c. of their pleasure-pain controlling properties.

Psychology

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Negative punishment involves the removal of something pleasant that results in behavior decreasing in frequency

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What is a control used in within-subjects experiments where equal numbers of participants are randomly assigned to different orders of the conditions?

What will be an ideal response?

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a. a spontaneous recovery. b. stimulus discrimination. c. stimulus generalization. d. latent learning.

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