How Do We Know There Was a Big Bang

question 17

Short Answer

How do we know there was a Big Bang?

Understand the basic concepts of classical conditioning processes and identify specific examples.

Explain the role and effects of predictability on fear and conditioned responses through Rescorla's signal relations model.

Describe the mechanisms of higher-order conditioning and its implications for learning complex behaviors.

Discuss the influence of cognitive processes in learning, including the distinction between behavior acquisition and performance.

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Definitions:

Imitation

The action of using someone or something as a model and attempting to replicate their behavior or actions.

Accommodation

In psychology, a cognitive process that adjusts mental schemes to incorporate new information; in eyesight, the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus on objects at various distances.

Mirror Neurons

A type of brain cell that fires both when an individual acts and when the individual observes the same action performed by another, playing a role in learning and empathy.

Activated

Made active or operational; also refers to the process of a molecule being converted into a reactive form.