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A Number of Modified Epithelial Cells, Acting as Sensory Receptors

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A number of modified epithelial cells, acting as sensory receptors, innervate a single neuron. Some of these cells release excitatory neurotransmitters, while others release inhibitory neurotransmitters. How are these responses integrated by the neuron to determine whether an action potential will be generated or not?


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Variable-ratio Schedule

A reinforcement schedule where a response is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses, making it highly resistant to extinction.

Specific Number

A specific number refers to a distinct and particular numerical value, identified without ambiguity.

Randomly Varying

Exhibiting changes that lack a specific pattern, direction, or expectation, occurring in a manner that cannot be predicted.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a consequence that will strengthen an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus.

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