After She Realizes That a Mosquito Has Bitten Her and Her

question 311

Multiple Choice

After she realizes that a mosquito has bitten her and her hand is beginning to itch, Akai rubs some cortisone cream on the swollen spot, and the itching stops. The next time a mosquito bites her, she applies cortisone cream immediately to relieve the itching. Using operant conditioning terms, this is an example of:

• A) negative reinforcement of escape behavior.
• B) positive reinforcement.
• C) negative reinforcement of avoidance behavior.
• D) negative punishment.

Understand the core principles of sociological theories by Durkheim, Marx, and Rousseau concerning society structure and individual behavior.

Analyze the development of the self through social interactions as explained by George Herbert Mead and Charles Horton Cooley.

Discuss the role of social Darwinism and the sociological imagination in understanding social organizations.

Examine the impact of capitalist systems on social inequality and exploitation as described by Marx.

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Definitions:

Receptor Potentials

The electrical potential changes occurring in sensory neurons’ receptors in response to stimulating agents, leading to the generation of action potentials.

Sensory Adaptation

The condition in which the response to a stimulus is reduced even though the stimulus continues at the same intensity.

Membranous Labyrinth

A complex system of fluid-filled tubes and sacs found within the inner ear, crucial for balance and hearing.

Semicircular Canals

The passages in the vertebrate inner ear containing structures that control the sense of equilibrium (balance).