Temporal summation most likely occurs with ____.
A. infrequent, subthreshold excitation
B. rapid succession of stimuli that each exceed threshold
C. infrequent, inhibitory stimuli
D. rapid succession of subthreshold excitation
Answer: D
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A. He developed research methods to study infant cognition, and demonstrated that infants have perceptual abilities that were not previously recognized. B. He showed that perceptual abilities in all organisms are essentially the same, and helped prove the theory of evolution C. He demonstrated that parents should look their babies in the eyes more, and that babies see best lying on their backs D. He showed that infants' vision is more developed that previously thought, and that they always stare longer at bright colors.
The job of the __________ is to find practical ways for the __________ to get its pleasure needs met without offending the morality of the __________.
A. id; ego; superego B. ego; id; superego C. ego; superego; id D. superego; id; ego
Which of the following represents your authors' position regarding the use of physical discipline with children?
a. Physical punishment is something that could disappear "overnight," if only people would learn better parenting strategies. b. Physical punishment is only problematic when it occurs in poverty-stricken families because there is already more stress than a child can endure in such circumstances. c. As long as physical punishment of children is considered to be acceptable and effective, children will continue to be abused. d. Parents need to learn that physical discipline can be part of an effective parenting strategy as long as it is not overused.
After having first conditioned an animal to salivate to a tone, Pavlov found that without pairing with the food, salivation to the tone became weaker and weaker and then finally disappeared. This process is known as __________
a) spontaneous recovery. b) shaping. c) chaining. d) extinction.