You Are the Governor of California and the USGS Has

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Essay

You are the governor of California and the USGS has just warned you that they have predicted a magnitude 7 earthquake for the San Francisco Bay area that may occur within the next seven days.What will you do? Keep in mind that predictions are not always accurate or precise.

Understand the principal concepts of classical conditioning and its real-world applications.

Identify and explain the processes of extinction, habituation, and sensitization in conditioned responses.

Explain the role of conditioned taste aversion in learning and its unique characteristics.

Understand the concept of latent learning and its significance in the absence of reinforcement.

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Definitions:

Temporal Lobe

A region of the brain involved in processing auditory information and encoding memory.

Working Memory

A cognitive system responsible for temporarily holding information available for processing, important for reasoning and the guidance of decision-making and behavior.

Central Executive

The process that coordinates rehearsal systems and retrieves memory from and transfers information to permanent memory.

Phonological Loop

A component of the working memory model that deals with the storage and manipulation of verbal and auditory information.