You repeatedly pair a tone with food until a dog salivates to the sound of the tone. You then present the tone several times without the food until the dog no longer salivates when he hears it. Presenting the tone several times without food is an example of
A) ?extinction.
B) ?dishabituation.
C) ?habituation.
D) ?sensitization.
A
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According to a study conducted by Harkness and Super (2006), which of the following statements about parental ethnotheories is accurate?
a) American parents hold an ethnotheory about the importance of spending special time with their children. b) Dutch parents hold an ethnotheory about the importance of spending special time with their children. c) French parents hold an ethnotheory of spending family time with their children. d) American parents hold an ethnotheory of spending family time with their children.
The process by which we receive, transform, and process stimuli is
a. sensation. b. perception. c. telepathy. d. habituation. e. psychophysics.
You're at a baseball stadium watching a game. Suddenly a ball is hit right at you, and you detect the stimulus very quickly. What would affective neuroscientists say about that?
A. The baseball is round and we can detect this shape very fast. B. The baseball coming right at you represents a potential threat. C. The baseball represents some unconscious stimulus that symbolizes conflicts experienced in childhood. D. The baseball is detected very fast because it is moving and not stationary.
Terman believed that those with low intelligence:
a. could not be moral people. b. should have help from the government. c. should receive special help in school. d. did not need any special help because intelligence is not that important.