The Damage to Health Resulting from Exposure to a Chemical

question 71

Multiple Choice

The damage to health resulting from exposure to a chemical is known as the

• A)dosage.
• B)toxicity.
• C)transmissibility.
• D)variance.
• E)response.

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Definitions:

Habituation

The process by which there is a decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated exposures, indicating a form of learning or adaptation.

Sensitization

An increased response to a stimulus following repeated exposures, typically leading to an exaggerated reaction over time.

Behavioral Contrast

A phenomenon in which the rate of a behavior varies inversely with an alteration in the conditions of reinforcement for another behavior.

Higher-order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a stimulus that has become a conditioned stimulus can be used to condition a new stimulus.