Decreased Respiration Rate for the Purpose of Retaining More Carbon

question 109

Short Answer

Decreased respiration rate for the purpose of retaining more carbon dioxide is a compensation for ____________________.

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Definitions:

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique used to replace an undesirable response to a stimulus with a more desirable one.

Shaping

A method in behavioral psychology used to gradually train a new behavior by reinforcing successive approximations to the desired behavior.

Premack Principle

A principle in psychology that states that more probable behaviors will reinforce less probable behaviors.

Negative Reinforcement

The removal of a stimulus to increase the probability that a behavior will be repeated.