When a person regularly goes on a fishing boat, he may feel seasick at first but then will become accustomed to the motion of the vessel in the water. Their seasickness will diminish through which one of the following processes?

A. Learning
B. Habituation
C. Dishabituation
D. Memory


Answer: B

Psychology

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a. Freud b. Skinner c. Watson d. Pavlov

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b. rebound insomnia that occurs after the medication is discontinued. c. excessive sleepiness that may persist during the day. d. all of these

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The drug L-Dopa can sometimes cause schizophrenia-like symptoms because it increases levels of:

a. serotonin b. acetylcholine c. dopamine d. GABA

Psychology