Roberta's First Child Is Now 9 Months Old

question 18

Multiple Choice

Roberta's first child is now 9 months old. Roberta has been breast-feeding and using pureed meats and vegetables, but would like to begin to introduce other solid foods. Which of the following would be the best choice for the first food to introduce to the baby?

• A) yogurt
• B) unsweetened applesauce
• C) fish
• D) cheese

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which a biologically potent stimulus is paired with a previously neutral stimulus to elicit a conditioned response.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a specific stimulus that results from repeated exposure to that stimulus paired with a particular response.

Classical Conditioning

A learning paradigm wherein two stimuli are continuously paired together; initially, the response comes from the second stimulus, but later, the first stimulus can independently provoke the response.

Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)

In classical conditioning, an automatically eliciting stimulus that leads to an unconditioned response without prior conditioning.