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The Catalyst Model Explains Aggression by Suggesting That Genetic Predispositions

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The Catalyst Model explains aggression by suggesting that genetic predispositions can lead to an aggressive child temperament and, later, to an aggressive adult personality.


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Effective Conditioning

A process through which organisms learn to connect a specific stimulus to a particular response with efficiency.

US

The abbreviation for the United States, a country located primarily in North America.

Blocking Effect

A result showing that an animal learns nothing about a stimulus if the stimulus provides no new information.

Conditioning

A behavioral process whereby a response becomes more frequent or more predictable in a given environment as a result of reinforcement, with reinforcement typically being a stimulus or reward for a desired response.

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