A Profound State of Unconsciousness Associated with an Illness or Injury

question 99

Multiple Choice

A profound state of unconsciousness associated with an illness or injury is called:

• A)dementia.
• B)a coma.
• C)a convulsion.
• D)a focal seizure.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus that was conditioned originally.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that was neutral but, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, begins to provoke a conditioned response.

Temporal Contiguity

The occurrence of two events close together in time, which can lead to an association between them in learning.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any learning needed.