Which form of learning relies on newborns producing an "orienting response" in which they become quiet, attentive, and experience a slowed heart rate in response to novel stimuli?

A. habituation
B. operant conditioning
C. classical conditioning
D. modeling


Answer: A

Psychology

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a. paranoid delusions. c. insomnia. b. loss of appetite. d. all these.

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Which of the following is true with respect to brain areas implicated in homosexuality?

A. The INAH3 is four times larger in male heterosexuals than in male homosexuals. B. The SCN secretes more vasopressin in heterosexual males than in homosexual males. C. The anterior commissure is smaller in homosexual men compared to heterosexual men. D. The SCN is female-sized in homosexual men but not in heterosexual men.

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The number of jokes that a person tells at a party is to having a good sense of humor as

a. a conceptual variable is to a measured variable. b. a behavioral variable is to a self-report variable. c. a behavioral variable is to an operational definition. d. a measured variable is to a conceptual variable.

Psychology

In which of the following situations, the probability of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is most likely to be the highest?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology