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Which of the following is an example of classical conditioning in real life?
A) A person learns to drive a car after many lessons.
B) A dog salivates at the sound of a can opener because it associates the sound with food.
C) A person feels happy after receiving a reward for good behavior.
D) A student takes notes during a lecture.

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Answer: B) A dog salivates at the sound of a can opener because it associates the sound with food.

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What does “acquisition” refer to in classical conditioning?
A) The extinction of a conditioned response
B) The process of learning to associate the neutral stimulus with the unconditioned stimulus
C) The presentation of the conditioned stimulus alone
D) The appearance of spontaneous recovery

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B) The process of learning to associate the neutral stimulus with the unconditioned stimulus

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What happens during spontaneous recovery in classical conditioning?
A) The conditioned response is strengthened
B) The conditioned response reappears after extinction
C) The conditioned stimulus loses its power
D) The neutral stimulus becomes conditioned

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B) The conditioned response reappears after extinction

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In Pavlov’s experiment, what was the neutral stimulus before conditioning?
A) Food
B) Bell
C) Salivation
D) Dog

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: B) Bell

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What is the process of classical conditioning?
A) Learning through consequences
B) Learning through association
C) Learning through observation
D) Learning through verbal communication

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: B) Learning through association

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Who is credited with discovering classical conditioning?
A) B.F. Skinner
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Ivan Pavlov
D) Carl Rogers

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C) Ivan Pavlov

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What is the conditioned response (CR) in Pavlov’s experiment?
A) Salivation to the food
B) Salivation to the bell
C) Ringing of the bell
D) Dog’s behavior

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B) Salivation to the bell

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What term refers to the process of extinguishing a conditioned response?
A) Acquisition
B) Spontaneous recovery
C) Extinction
D) Generalization

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C) Extinction

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under supply of SA causes

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depression

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negative reinforcers _ the rate of operant responding

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increase

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receives chemical messages

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Dendrites

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Junction between sending a neuron and receiving a neuron

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synapse

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chemical messengers

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neurotransmitters

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speeds up impulse transmission

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myelin sheath

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electrical impulse

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action potential

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16
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regulates sleep and mood

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serotonin

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17
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Too much DA causes

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schizoprenia

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Too little dopamine causes

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parkinson’s

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19
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running to reduce stress

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negative reinforcement

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By learning to associate a squirt of water with an electric shock,sea snails demonstrate the process of

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classical conditioning

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minimum level of stimulation required to trigger a neutral impulse

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Threshold

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Red is to purple_as

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a base drum, a piccolo

23
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cats and bats have

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many more rods than people

24
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SSRI

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prevent the uptake of SA

25
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sarah was born with a birth defect and is deaf in one ear. she likely has trouble with

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the location of sounds

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Because a neuron is similar to a gun, firing is called

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All or none law

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Neurotransmitters fit the receptor site like

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a lock and key

28
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organizing and interpreting physical energy is called

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perception

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Phineas Gage has an iron pierce his brain. Miraculously, he lived. The rod obviously missed

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the structures in his old brain

30
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what we see and hear

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Is only a portion of the full electromagnetic spectrum

31
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The best thing to do for a blind person is to

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let go of their arm

32
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cigarettes might be considered

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lethal weapons

33
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Neutral impulses are slower

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without the myelin sheath

34
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Both vision and hearing

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change the electromagnetic spectrum into electric impulses

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John is a runner, One Neurotransmitters that is instrumental in this pursuit is

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ACH

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A_ is a nerve cell

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neuron

37
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A synapse is bordered by a dendrite, True or false

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False

38
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we watched a clip of Seinfeld where Kramer said the sun looks like a chicken, This would be a matter of

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perception

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A neuron conveys a message to a neighboring neurons across a junction called

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synapse

40
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The hammer, anvil and stirrup

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are the smallest bones in the body

41
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An axon’s length can range from a few millimeters to

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Three feets

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Last year a story emerged about a young couple and their baby and (dog) in california who left for a hike early in the morning. They were all found dead of heat stroke by noon. Their _ could not keep [pace with their rising temperatures.

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hypothalamus

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which of the following is a statistical measure of the extent to which two factors vary together

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corellation coefficient

44
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when a neuron fires, neurotransmitters are released from vesicles in the _ into the_

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axon terminal, synaptic cleft

45
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Phineas Gage ha rod Pierce his head and still lived, obviously, it missed his

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medulla and cerebellum

46
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A researcher would most likely discover a negative corellation between

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self esteem and confidence

47
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terry a firefighter who cannot remember faces. terry most likely had

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damage to some feature detection cells

48
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After leaving a dark place, what part helps the eye adjust to the bright light of the afternoon

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your iris adjusting pupil size

49
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The _ triggers the auditory nerve while the _triggers the optic nerve

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cillia, ganglion cells

50
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Daniel kish believes blind people will not learn to echolocate if

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They have too much support.

51
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Visible light is

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Electromagnetic energy

52
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steps in which light get processed in the brain

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Light enters the cornea-Pupil-Iris ( small pupil increase focus, while large pupil lets into more light but details are harder to see.) retina-rods and cones-bipolar cells-ganglion cell-optic nerve-thalamus

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If someone squeezed your hand gently or tightly, the sensory neurons will fire impulses of the same magnitude. The is due to the

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All or none principle

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