A relatively permanent change in behavior that is not due to maturation but is due to experience is called:

Whenever baby Colin cries, his mother picks him up. This stops Colin from crying. In turn, this makes Colin’s mother pick him up more often. In this example, his mother picking him up serves as a ________ reinforcer for Colin. Colin stopping crying is a ________ reinforcer for the mother.

After playing a difficult soccer match that wore his body out, Jon slept for an extra four hours. Jon’s extra sleep is best explained by ________ theory.

Jane Goodall systematically watched and recorded the behavior of chimpanzees in their natural environment. She was conducting

According to the serial-position effect, subjects tend to show better recall for items __________ of a list than for items __________.

In the nervous system, the cells that receive, integrate, and transmit information are the

The brain area that influences the secretion of melatonin is the

Sean is studying psychology. He decides to use the biological level of analysis to interpret his findings. Sean is most likely examining

The sense organs’ detection of external physical stimuli is called ________, whereas further processing, organizing, and interpreting of those stimuli in the brain is called ________.

In what technique are successive approximations used?