Short-Loop Negative Feedback Occurs When Hormones from the ________ Inhibit

question 16

Multiple Choice

Short-loop negative feedback occurs when hormones from the ________ inhibit hormone secretion by the ________.

• A)hypothalamus;anterior pituitary
• B)adrenal cortex;hypothalamus
• C)anterior pituitary;hypothalamus
• D)adrenal cortex;anterior pituitary
• E)anterior pituitary;adrenal cortex

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Definitions:

Higher-Order Conditioning

A conditioning process where a stimulus that's associated with a conditioned stimulus also becomes a conditioned stimulus itself.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of an extinguished response (in a weaker form) when an organism is exposed to the original conditioned stimulus following a rest period.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process by which a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears after the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that becomes associated with a significant stimulus.