Drugs That Create Feelings of Calmness, Reduce Muscle Tension, and Lower

question 85

Multiple Choice

Drugs that create feelings of calmness, reduce muscle tension, and lower sympathetic activity in the brain are called ________.

• A)antianxiety drugs
• B)neuroleptics
• C)antipsychotics
• D)anticonvulsants

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Definitions:

Generalization

The ability to apply learned skills or responses to new situations or stimuli that are similar to the original conditions.

Associative Linkage

The connection or relation between two concepts or mental processes, allowing for one to trigger the recall of the other.

Extinction

The gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the reinforcement is no longer presented.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that initially has no inherent significance but acquires the ability to evoke a response after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus.