Carrie Fed Her Cat Canned Tuna That Was Opened with an Electric

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Multiple Choice

Carrie fed her cat canned tuna that was opened with an electric can opener. Even when she was merely opening a can of corn, her cat responded physically as if it were about to be fed. In this example, the conditioned stimulus is the

• A) sound of the electric can opener.
• B) eating behaviours.
• C) corn.
• D) tuna.

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Definitions:

Somatosensory Neurons

Nerve cells that are part of the somatosensory system, responsible for processing sensory information from the skin and musculoskeletal systems.

Split-Brain

A condition resulting from the severance or damage to the corpus callosum, leading to a disconnect between the two cerebral hemispheres.

Left Visual Field

The area seen by the left eye that is not overlapped by the vision from the right eye, playing a significant role in visual perception and processing.

Right Visual Field

Pertains to the part of the visual field processed by the left hemisphere of the brain, important in understanding how visual information is processed and interpreted.