The Correct Sequence in the Life Cycle of the Jellyfish

question 58

Multiple Choice

The correct sequence in the life cycle of the jellyfish Aurelia is

• A) planula, ephyra, scyphistoma.
• B) scyphistoma, planula, ephyra.
• C) planula, scyphistoma, ephyra.
• D) ephyra, planula, scyphistoma.
• E) None of the choices are correct

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of rest with no further conditioning.

Higher-Order Conditioning

Occurs when a strong conditioned stimulus is paired with a neutral stimulus, causing the neutral stimulus to become a second conditioned stimulus.

Extinction

Within the field of psychology, the slow diminishment and ultimate vanishing of a learned response occurs when a conditioned stimulus is continuously shown without pairing it with the unconditioned stimulus.

Stimulus Generalization

The psychological phenomenon where a response conditioned to one stimulus is elicited by similar, but not identical, stimuli.