While Out on a Trip to a Remote Location in South

question 34

Essay

While out on a trip to a remote location in South America, you discovered an organism on a beautiful tropical flower. You have no idea about the classification of this organism. What features or characteristics of the new organism should you look for to at least be able to determine the kingdom it belongs to?

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Definitions:

Extinguished Stimulus

A stimulus that previously elicited a response but no longer does so after the process of extinction in conditioning.

Neutral Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention, until it is associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to differentiate between two similar stimuli based on differences in their significance or meaning.

Stimulus Generalization

A psychological phenomenon where a response to a specific stimulus becomes associated with similar stimuli.