Identify and Give the Historical Significance of Each of the Following

question 69

Essay

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Abby Kelley

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Definitions:

Positron Emission Tomography

A functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances to visualize and measure changes in metabolic processes, and in other physiological activities including blood flow, regional chemical composition, and absorption.

Neurofeedback

a type of biofeedback that focuses on providing real-time feedback on brainwave activity to train the brain for better function.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding closer and closer approximations to the desired behavior.

Successive Approximations

The process of reinforcing behaviors that are increasingly closer to the target behavior, commonly used in operant conditioning.