Which of the following is the best example of an action that maintains homeostasis?

A. Starting to salivate when you smell freshly baked cookies
B. Depositing a check in your newly opened checking account
C. Shivering to generate body heat when you are cold
D. Dimming the lights before a romantic encounter


Answer: C

Psychology

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A professional counselor has developed a survey and, before distributing it to an entire agency, wants to ensure the survey has no major problems. Administering the survey to 15 individuals first in an example of what type of research?

a. quantitative b. qualitative c. cross-sectional d. pilot

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When a reward or other pleasant event follows a response, which of the following is being used?

a. bribe b. positive reinforcement c. negative reinforcement d. conditioned stimulus

Psychology

Goal-oriented is to automatic as _____ behavior is to _____ behavior

A) ?operant; elicited B) ?elicited; operant C) ?conditioned; unconditioned D) ?unconditioned; conditioned

Psychology