After a painful experience at one dentist's office, Teresa's mother takes Teresa to a different dentist, who takes great care to make her visits painless. Teresa is anxious at first, but after a few visits, Teresa gradually becomes less resistant about going to the new dentist. Teresa's change in behavior can probably best be explained in terms of _____. But then Teresa doesn't go to see the
dentist again until three years later. On her first visit to the painless dentist after that time interval, she is anxious once again, even though she had not been anxious in her previous visits. The return of this response after it had previously disappeared is known as _____.
a. extinction; spontaneous recovery
b. generalization; discriminative learning
c. higher-order conditioning; discriminative learning
d. generalization; higher-order conditioning
a
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a. True b. False
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a. boundaries. b. climate. c. equilibrium. d. behaviors.
The first research on the mind by Wilhelm Wundt explored
a. auditory perception and attention. b. hand-eye coordination and response rate. c. memory and problem solving. d. problem construction and deduction.
Leaders in the field agree that special education for students with gifts or talents should have each of the following characteristics EXCEPT
A) a curriculum designed to accommodate advanced cognitive skills. B) instructional strategies consistent with the learning of students in particular content areas. C) administrative arrangements facilitating appropriate grouping of students for instruction. D) a program that emphasizes keeping gifted students with their age peers at all times.