A Positive Contrast Effect Is Said to Occur When

question 44

Multiple Choice

A positive contrast effect is said to occur when

• A) one stimulus is associated with a positive outcome and a second stimulus is associated with a negative outcome.
• B) several different occasion setters all signal the same desirable outcome.
• C) the outcome is more than what the subject expected or desired.
• D) the outcome is less than what the subject expected or desired.

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Definitions:

Introns

Regions of an RNA transcript, or its DNA template, which are removed before the RNA is translated into a protein, and do not code for protein.

Transcription

The process by which the information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of messenger RNA.

Zinc Finger

A small protein structural motif that is characterized by the coordination of one or more zinc ions in order to stabilize the fold.

Posttranscriptional Gene Regulation

The control of gene expression at the RNA level after the transcription process, influencing how and when mRNA is translated into proteins.