Antibodies Directed Against Thyroglobulin Represent a Significant Finding in Which

question 22

Multiple Choice

Antibodies directed against thyroglobulin represent a significant finding in which of the following autoimmune diseases?

• A) Myasthenia gravis
• B) Multiple sclerosis
• C) Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• D) Contact dermatitis

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

After a pause in exposure to the conditioned stimulus, a once suppressed conditioned response emerges again.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a stimulus that was previously neutral becomes conditioned by being paired with another conditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response.

Stimulus Generalization

The psychological phenomenon where a response to a specific stimulus becomes triggered by stimuli that are similar in nature.