Derek Dropped a Hammer on His Foot and Shrieked a Split

question 55

Multiple Choice

Derek dropped a hammer on his foot and shrieked a split second later at the intense pain from a newly broken toe.The almost instantaneous pain signals traveled along

• A) thin, unmyelinated C fibers.
• B) gated endorphin pathways in the hypothalamus.
• C) periacqueductal gray neurons in the midbrain.
• D) thick, myelinated A-delta fibers.

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method of behavior training in which reinforcement is given for progressively closer approximations of the desired target behavior.

Behavior Modification

A therapeutic approach that seeks to change undesirable behaviors through the use of positive or negative reinforcement.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique that involves replacing an undesirable response to a stimulus with a more desirable one.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a stimulus that's associated with a conditioned stimulus also becomes capable of eliciting a conditioned response.