Describe the Receptor- Mediated Events That Appear to Play a Role

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Essay

Describe the receptor- mediated events that appear to play a role in long- term potentiation and learning plasticity within the central nervous system.

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Definitions:

Positive Reinforcement

A process in psychology that involves increasing the likelihood of a behavior by following it with a desirable consequence or reward.

Negative Reinforcement

A process in behavioral psychology where the removal of an unpleasant stimulus strengthens or increases the probability of a response.

Conditioned Taste Aversion

The learned avoidance of a certain food or drink because it has been associated with an unpleasant or aversive experience.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A form of conditioning where a stimulus is paired with a previously conditioned stimulus, leading to a response even without the presence of the original, unconditioned stimulus.