Because the effects of stimulants and depressants counteract each other, taking these drugs in combination does not produce intoxication

As a child, Blaine was attacked by a goose and subsequently developed a severe fear of waterfowl

As he got older, the fear gradually faded until it was all but forgotten. Blaine is now in his early twenties and recently went strolling through a park by the river where he came across a flock of geese. The geese gave him a stare, and Blaine experienced a sudden surge of fear. Blaine's fear response is an example of _____. A) stimulus discrimination B) stimulus generalization C) higher-order conditioning D) spontaneous recovery

If the detector in a physiological system were to fail, one would expect

a. that the regulatory system would work, but more slowly than usual. b. that positive feedback would spin the system out of control. c. no change in the system variable. d. that the set point would increase. e. that the system variable would not be constant.