The Relationship Between the Season of the Year in Which

question 55

Multiple Choice

The relationship between the season of the year in which people are born and their subsequent risk of schizophrenia best highlights the role of ________ in this disorder.

• A) genetic influences
• B) viral infections
• C) oxygen deprivation
• D) learned helplessness

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Definitions:

Instinctive Behavior

Actions or reactions that are performed without conscious thought, driven by genetic programming.

Involuntary Behavior

Actions that occur without conscious control, often reflexive or automatic in nature.

Conditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention, until it is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.