What Is Most Likely to Have Caused a Decline in Animal

question 43

Multiple Choice

What is most likely to have caused a decline in animal research?

• A)The increasing protests from animal activists groups
• B)The decreasing interest in conducting cognitive research with human participants
• C)The declining safety measures to shelter the animals for a long period
• D)The increasing costs incurred to conduct an animal research

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Definitions:

Adaptation

Piaget’s term for adjustment to new information about the environment, achieved through processes of assimilation and accommodation.

Circular Reactions

Piaget’s term for processes by which an infant learns to reproduce desired occurrences originally discovered by chance.

Reflexes

Involuntary and immediate responses to specific stimuli, such as pulling a hand away from a hot surface, that are crucial for survival.

Habituation

The process by which there is a decrease in response to a stimulus after being repeatedly exposed to it, leading to an adaptation or normalization of response.