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Compared to Canada, much of the rest of the industrialized world uses far _______ midwives, and home births are ______ common.


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Pavlovian Conditioning

The association of a response with an environmental event as the result of pairing that event (conditioned stimulus, or CS) with a biologically significant event (unconditioned stimulus, or UCS).

Operant Conditioning

When a specific response produces reinforcement and the frequency of the response determines the amount of reinforcement obtained.

Learned Helplessness

A condition in which an individual learns to feel powerless and stops trying to change or escape a negative situation due to past failures.

Seligman

Martin E.P. Seligman, a psychologist known for his work on learned helplessness and for promoting positive psychology.

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