How are sleep patterns related to the environment the newborn is raised in?
What will be an ideal response?
How long infants sleep and where they sleep seems to very culturally dependent. Infants who are breast-fed seem to feed around the clock. They typically sleep with their mothers because this makes it easier to feed them. Infants who are kept in their own room sleep for longer stretches at a time. Infants who are carried on their mother's back all day seem to sleep throughout the day in shorter naps and rarely sleep longer than 3 hours at a time.
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Name the unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned stimulus, and conditioned response in these two situations:
1. Five-year-old Emily is watching a storm from her window. A huge bolt of lightning is followed by a tremendous thunderclap, and Emily jumps at the noise. This happens several more times. There is a brief lull and then another lightning bolt. Emily jumps in response to the bolt. 2. Gregory's mouth waters whenever he eats anything with lemon in it. One day, while reading an ad that shows a big glass of lemonade, Gregory finds that his mouth has started to water. What will be an ideal response?
Bailey is a subject in a study on memory and problem solving. The researcher is applying magnetic pulses to her brain through copper wire coils positioned directly above her scalp. Bailey's study would best be described as a(n)
a. invasive stimulation technique. b. noninvasive stimulation technique. c. EEG technique. d. PET technique.