Dilation of the __________ Causes the Lacunae to Fill with Blood

question 59

Multiple Choice

Dilation of the __________ causes the lacunae to fill with blood and the penis to become erect.

• A) helicine arteries
• B) internal pudendal (penile)arteries
• C) dorsal arteries
• D) dorsal veins
• E) deep arteries

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Definitions:

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a stimulus that was previously neutral is paired with a conditioned stimulus to produce the same conditioned response as the original conditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In biology, the end of an organism or of a group of organisms, normally a species; in psychology, the process through which a conditioned response is eliminated through repeated exposure without reinforcement.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers an unconditioned response without prior conditioning.

American Behaviorism

A school of psychology that focuses on observable behaviors and disregards mental processes.