At First, a Dog Walks Away from Its Bed Whenever

question 141

Multiple Choice

At first, a dog walks away from its bed whenever the new cat approaches.The cat then stretches out on the bed by itself.This is an example of _______.After a few weeks, the dog stays on the bed and curls up tighter, and the cat curls up in the unused part of the bed.This is an example of _______.

• A) intraspecific competition; character displacement
• B) character displacement; intraspecific competition
• C) resource partitioning; competitive exclusion
• D) resource partitioning; intraspecific competition
• E) competitive exclusion; resource partitioning

Understand the concepts of bowel sounds and their clinical implications.

Recognize the impact of systemic conditions on abdominal health and vice versa.

Assess and understand the abdominal health considerations specific to different life stages and populations.

Explain and understand the rationale behind the order of abdominal examination techniques.

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Definitions:

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.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, triggers a conditioned response.