Gastric Banding Is _________ Than Gastric Bypass Surgery

question 98

Multiple Choice

Gastric banding is _________ than gastric bypass surgery.

• A) much more effective but less easily reversible
• B) somewhat less effective but more easily reversible
• C) much more effective and more easily reversible
• D) somewhat less effective but less easily reversible
• E) as effective but somewhat less reversible

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Definitions:

Contiguity

The principle that for learning to take place, the stimulus and response should occur close together in time.

Response and Reward

The relationship between performing a specific behavior and receiving a corresponding outcome or reward, crucial in learning and motivation.

Guthrie

A psychologist recognized for his "contiguity theory" of learning, positing that associations between stimuli and responses are established through pairing or association.

Competing Associations

In learning and memory, the concept where multiple stimuli or ideas are linked to a single response or memory, leading to potential conflicts in recall or behavior.