Assume That Your Lab Partner Swabs the Side of His

question 19

Multiple Choice

Assume that your lab partner swabs the side of his face and uses the swab to inoculate a nutrient agar plate.The next day,he performs a Gram stain on the colonies.They are gram-positive cocci.You advise him that he should next look for

• A)an acid-fast reaction.
• B)a coagulase reaction.
• C)conidiospores.
• D)pseudohyphae.
• E)pseudopods.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction or response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

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

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that unconditionally, naturally, and automatically triggers a response without any learning process.

Observational Learning

Gaining understanding by observing the conduct of others and the consequences of that conduct.