Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 133

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions :
Predict the probable metabolic response of a mam­mal exposed to a 3°-5°C environmental temperature change from the list below.
-The environmental temperature begins at the lower critical temperature and increases above that point.

• A) Increased metabolic rate
• B) Decreased metabolic rate
• C) No change in metabolic rate
• D) Death

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Stimulus

In behavioral psychology, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any learning process involved.

Conditioned Responses

Learned reactions that occur in response to previously neutral stimuli after conditioning.

Higher-order Conditioning

A complex form of classical conditioning where a stimulus is paired with a previously conditioned stimulus, rather than with an unconditioned stimulus, to elicit a response.

Discriminative Stimuli

Refer to environmental cues or signals that indicate the probable consequence of a particular behavior, guiding organisms to respond accordingly.