Blake and Hirsch (1975) Use Selective Rearing of Kittens to Show

question 14

Multiple Choice

 Blake and Hirsch (1975) use selective rearing of kittens to show that _____.

• A) kittens are born with fully developed binocular cells
• B) binocular neurons are not necessary for stereopsis
• C) disparity-selective neurons are responsible for stereopsis
• D) severing the optic chiasm increases the number of binocular cells

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Definitions:

Abnormal Behavior

Actions, thoughts, or emotions that are unusual within a person’s own culture, cause personal distress, or interfere with a person’s ability to function in daily life.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, which increases or decreases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

Classical Conditioning

A learning mechanism in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an innately meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response.

Rewards

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