Compulsive Eating Is a Characteristic Associated With

question 29

Multiple Choice

Compulsive eating is a characteristic associated with:

• A)Prader-Willi Syndrome
• B)Fragile-X
• C)Fetal alcohol syndrome
• D)Brain injury

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

An educational approach where two stimuli are persistently paired; the response, initially the result of the second stimulus, eventually becomes the result of the first stimulus alone.

Operant Conditioning

A process of learning in which the dynamics of behavior are adjusted by assigning incentives or penalties.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response tendency.

Variable-Ratio

A reinforcement schedule in which a response is rewarded after an unpredictable number of responses, commonly used in operant conditioning.