A Light Goes on in a Room Just Before an Excruciatingly

question 45

Multiple Choice

A light goes on in a room just before an excruciatingly loud buzzer sounds. A subject who startles when the light goes on shows ________ behavior, but one who leaves the room to avoid the noise exhibits ________ behavior.

• A) respondent; operant
• B) operant; respondent
• C) conditioned; counterconditioned
• D) counterconditioned; conditioned

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Definitions:

Simplicity

The quality or condition of being easy to understand or do, often characterized by clarity, purity, or uncomplicatedness.

Perceptual Hypothesis

An educated guess or interpretation made by the brain about the nature of sensory stimuli based on incomplete or ambiguous information.

Trapezoid Shape

A quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides, often used in geometry.

Retina

The light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye that contains cells which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed.