In the following scenario, what is the conditioned stimulus? "Miles is an extremely smart dog. His owner always feeds him dog food from a can, which the owner opens using an electric can-opener
Whenever Miles hears the sound of the electric can opener, he runs into the kitchen and over to his food bowl." A) The can of dog food
B) The sound of the can opener
C) The food bowl
D) Running to the food bowl
B
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a. positively correlated with emotion-focused coping. b. positively correlated with problem-focused coping. c. negatively correlated with coronary heart disease 10 years later. d. negatively correlated with self-serving appraisal styles.
Dr. Nathan wants to study how pythons behave in their native habitat. He sets up hidden cameras in the rain forest to observe the snakes while he remains undetected. Dr. Nathan is using the ____ method of conducting research
a. experimental b. inferential c. correlational d. naturalistic observation
Adenosine produces sleepiness by
A. interacting with the SCN. B. promoting the release of melatonin. C. inhibiting the activity of neurons releasing ACh, serotonin, and norepinephrine. D. stimulating the activity of neurons releasing ACh, serotonin, and norepinephrine.
According to the chapter The Nose Knowsabout the scent of symmetry, what did the experimenters do to
increase the reliability of their symmetry measurements? (a) re-calibrated their measurement device after each measurement (b) made each measurement twice (c) asked participants to measure themselves (d) made the measurements while blind to the symmetry of the participants