Somatosensory Information Is Carried from the Body to the CNS

question 36

Multiple Choice

Somatosensory information is carried from the body to the CNS by the:

• A)anterior-root ganglion neurons.
• B)posterior-root ganglion neurons.
• C)gamma somatosensory neurons.
• D)corticospinal tract.

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Definitions:

Shaping

A behavioral psychology technique of progressively reinforcing behaviors that approximate or lead towards a desired goal behavior.

Conditioned Reinforcement

A process where a stimulus gains the capacity to reinforce desirable behaviors through its association with a primary reinforcer.

Reinforcement

A psychological principle that involves using consequences to strengthen a behavior, making it more likely to occur in the future.

Classical Conditioning

An instructive method involving the repeated pairing of two stimuli; a response, initially elicited by the second stimulus, is in time elicited by the first stimulus independently.