You Are Surprised to Discover That Classical Conditioning Can Produce

question 15

Multiple Choice

You are surprised to discover that classical conditioning can produce immunosuppression. The original discovery of this phenomenon involved rats, but more recent studies indicate that immunosuppression may also occur in humans. This means that

• A) environmental triggers may be able to shut-down our immune systems.
• B) biological preparedness may hamper immunosuppression.
• C) environmental triggers may be able to circumvent our biological preparedness.
• D) All of these.

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Definitions:

Population Mean

The average value of a set of characteristics for the entire population.

Sample Weigh-Ins

Occasions when samples, such as those in research or competitions, are weighed to ensure they meet certain criteria or for data collection purposes.

Known Variance

A statistical term referring to the situation where the variance of a population is a known quantity.

TCritical One-Tail

A value on the t-distribution that is used in a one-tailed t-test to determine the statistical significance of a result.