Many individuals decide that they feel hungry and eat lunch when they see both hands of the clock on the 12, indicating that it is noontime. This may occur regardless of how recently they ate breakfast. In this example, the conditioned response is ______
a. the act of eating breakfast
b. the act of eating lunch
c. counting the number of hours since breakfast
d. watching the hands of the clock
B
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What areas of the brain are overdeveloped in adults who were highly emotionally reactive as infants?
A. brain areas that are associated in dreaming B. those areas involved in emotional responding C. those areas involved in judgment and planning D. brain areas that govern visual perception and interpretation
The tendency to respond to stimuli similar to those that preceded operant reinforcement is called
a. operant stimulus discrimination. b. operant stimulus generalization. c. operant disinhibition. d. spontaneous recovery.
Fourteen-year-old Travis has watched the Texas Chainsaw Massacre at least fifty times. The first time he watched it, it really disturbed him and grossed him out. Now he laughs and makes fun of the lousy special effects
This decrease in Travis' emotional response to the movie is called A) stimulation reduction. B) emotional deprivation. C) affect diminution. D) desensitization.
Ayden is afraid of swings. To overcome this fear, his father places him on a swing and gives Ayden an ice pop to eat while gently pushing it. This is an example of ________
a. latent learning b. counterconditioning c. spontaneous recovery d. operant conditioning