An experimenter attempting to classically condition a new behavior in a dog unintentionally presents the CS without the US several times during the conditioning process. She finds that this intermittent pairing ________
a. increases the rate of learning and the strength of the final learned response
b. has no effect on the rate of learning or the strength of the final learned response
c. increases the rate of learning but decreases the strength of the final learned response
d. reduces the rate of learning and the strength of the final learned response
Answer: d
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By age 6, the average child has a vocabulary of around __________ words
a) 8,000 b) 10,000 c) 12,000 d) 14,000
Which of these describes the "binding problem"?
a. How people learn to live together in peace b. How excitatory and inhibitory synapses interact to affect a neuron c. How we combine vision, hearing, and touch to perceive an object d. How abilities present in other species evolved into human language