According to Descartes, the brain controlled behavior by ______.
A. directing spirit fluid through nerves, thereby inflating the muscles
B. tilting the spinal cord like a joystick
C. bending energy from an outside light source
D. actively directing the pineal gland to inflate and deflate
Answer: A
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At what age do maladaptive behavior patterns of childhood change to those of adolescence?
What will be an ideal response?
Anna has the ability to apply what she knows to her everyday life. Her friends say that Anna is "street smart.". The triarchic theory of intelligence would label Anna as having intelligence
a. multiple b. analytic c. emotional d. creative e. practical
Operant conditioning was so named because B.F. Skinner believed that
A) Behavior operates on the environment and changes it in some way. B) people operate independently of experiences in the real world. C) conditioning is an unconscious operation. D) the brain operates independently of behavioral consequences.
When the conditioned stimulus (CS) is not followed by the unconditioned stimulus (US), which of the following will eventually occur?
a. stimulus generalization b. shaping c. extinction d. latent conditioning