Action Potentials ____

question 14

Multiple Choice

Action potentials ____.

• A) move backward
• B) are examples of negative feedback
• C) are generated and completed in a matter of milliseconds
• D) are only generated regardless of whether or not the threshold potential is reached
• E) are all the same size

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Definitions:

Behavior Modification

A method of therapy rooted in operant conditioning principles, which aims to substitute negative behaviors with positive ones using either rewards or penalties.

Classical Conditioning

The procedure of learning through continual pairing of two stimuli; a behavior that initially results from the second stimulus later results from only the first stimulus.

Instinctive Drift

The inclination of an animal to return to innate behaviors that disrupt a learned reaction.

Extinction

The gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned response.