Across Cultures and Across Time,medical Professionals Hold Varying Degrees of Power

question 12

Multiple Choice

Across cultures and across time,medical professionals hold varying degrees of power and prestige.If we esteemed doctors today in the way that ancient Romans did,we might ask our ________ to add on a minor surgical procedure.

• A) mother
• B) teacher
• C) hairdresser
• D) children

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

An educational method where a response initially triggered by a second stimulus comes to be triggered by the first stimulus alone, due to the repeated pairing of both stimuli.

Classical Conditioned

A learning process that pairs a neutral stimulus with a response-producing stimulus, leading to the neutral stimulus eliciting the response on its own.

Phobias

Irrational and excessive fears of specific objects, situations, or activities that result in a compelling desire to avoid the feared subject.

Ethological Theory

A perspective in psychology that emphasizes the genetic and evolutionary mechanisms behind behaviors and how they contribute to survival.