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If you stop rewarding a behavior, eventually the frequency of that behavior will decrease. This is because of __________.

Before conditioning occurs, the conditioned stimulus would be called a _______.

How can we best explain how we smell and identify smells?

Every time Roseanne walks into a bakery the smell makes her happy because it reminds her of her mother who loved to bake and whose house always smelled like fresh bread and cookies. This is best explained by

The process of long-term potentiation

Nick is trying out for the school play.  He has to deliver a monologue for the audition.  He first asks himself what the consequences would be if he didn’t do well and decides that it would be no big deal.  He just wants the experience.  Then he asks himself if he has memorized the lines. The act of deciding what the consequences of failing might be would be considered which of the following according to cognitive appraisal theory?

Every day you feed your cat after you wash the dishes. You notice that your cat used to just get excited when she saw her food appear, but now she gets excited when she hears the kitchen sink fill up with water as you start washing dishes. In this story you know that

When you are cold, you shiver; when you are hot you sweat. Shivering and sweating result in

The stage or store-house of memory with the shortest duration is

The unconditioned response is a