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John is a baseball player. Every time he comes up to bat, he looks up at the sky, hits both shoes with his bat, hits the plate, and then stands ready. This is an example of ______.

When an animal or person experiences an event, they develop a mental representation of the experience. This is called ______.

Harlow observed that infant monkeys prefer to attach to ______.

Young ducks follow their mother wherever she goes. They do this through a social attachment process called ______.

Which is not a basic component of Pavlovian conditioning?

Following conditioning, the conditioned stimulus is able to elicit a conditioned response. How high can the conditioned response go?

Human infants do not form attachments to mothers who are ______.

Learning that occurs without reward is called ______.

When an individual acts to minimize cost and maximize gain, this is referred to as ______.

Lynn knows that when her father is wearing a suit, he is going to an important meeting and will not be in a good enough mood to loan her the car keys. The suit is an example of a _________?