Process of Science: Why Did Some Astronomers Think That We

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Essay

Process of Science: Why did some astronomers think that we would not be able to detect planetary systems around other stars so quickly as we did?

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral stimulus that, after being linked with an unconditioned stimulus, starts to produce a conditioned response.

Conditioned Response

A conditioned response is an automatic reaction established by learning to an initially neutral stimulus after being repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus that triggers an automatic response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning or conditioning.

Drug Tolerance

The reduced effectiveness of a drug as a result of the repeated use of the drug.