When a Neural Pathway Splits to Involve Many Areas of the Nervous

question 166

Multiple Choice

When a neural pathway splits to involve many areas of the nervous system, the type of processing is known as

• A)parallel.
• B)diverging.
• C)converging.
• D)serial.
• E)reverberating.

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Definitions:

Salivates

The process of producing saliva, a digestive fluid, in response to the presence of food or the anticipation of eating.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response in a subject.

Operant Stimulus

A stimulus that follows a behavior and increases the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any need for learning.