________ is a basic phenomenon of learning that occurs when a previously conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears.

A. Adaptation
B. Extinction
C. Habituation
D. Extraversion


Answer: B

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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You are playing a card game with your friends. You don't know if one of them is about to win because of his poker face. How would you best explain what he is trying to hide in this instance?

a. appraisal of a stimulus c. overt behavior b. subjective feeling d. physiological response

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The authors of your text suggest that in the 1930s and 1940s, the most influential person in social psychology was

a. Kurt Lewin. b. John Watson. c. Lyndon Johnson. d. B. F. Skinner.

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Which of the following statements about cooing and babbling is true?

A) Before babies say their first words, they make little language progress. B) Babies everywhere start babbling at about the same age and produce a similar range of early sounds. C) Babies typically begin babbling around 2 months and cooing around 6 months. D) A deaf infant does not coo or babble.

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