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    occurrence of a second stimulus. During classical conditioning‚ organisms acquire information about the relations between various stimuli‚ not simple associations between them. (Psychology‚ pg.170). In classical condition a stimulus‚ or a physical event capable of affecting behavior‚ that initially doesn’t elicit a particular response can obtain the capacity to elicit that response as a result of repeated pairing with a stimulus that can elicit a response. Classical conditioning became part of

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    their faces never fade even though they are seriously endangered. As you can see that plenty of amazing living things require protection and conservation. It is not worth for endangered species to go extinct. Animals and plants that are facing extinction have the right to be helped by us because humans are the main cause of their endangerment. We should not be selfish thinking only about

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    Since 2007‚ a number of 5‚940 rhinos have been killed in South Africa. Awhile ago‚ there were an estimated 500‚000 rhinos worldwide‚ but now because of poaching three out of five rhino species were put on the verge of extinction. One of the highest cities in which poaching occurs is Vietnam.With studies proving that 4 out of every 6 poachers use high-tech equipment to poach animals. There are also many cops who in return for not arresting poachers will get a part of the

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    been a characteristic of modern man since our exodus from Africa 130‚000-70‚000 year ago. The rate of extinctions of entire species of plants and animals across the planet has been so high in the last few hundred years it is rudely considered that use are in the sixth great extinction event on this plant. The Holocene mass extinction and destruction of wildlife does not alary lead to on extinction of the species in question; however‚ the dramatic loss of entire

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    diversity of an ecosystem and its environment to prevent the loss of or threat to a species that is caused by human or invasive species that could result in the extinction of that species. According to the Fundamentals of Conservation Biology‚ conservation biology is concerned with “keeping the wave of species extinctions from becoming a flood” (Hunter‚ Jr.‚ & Gibbs‚ 2007). In order to do this‚ conservation biology targets the threatened species and devises ways to sustain the

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    Learning unlike most of the other concepts that are involved in this lab as well as the pre-cursing studies‚ can not be directly defined. Instead Learning has to be inferred from the change of behavior observed in the subject. A more or less permanent change implies the subject has "Learned" the desired response. Operant Conditioning is conditioning a specific subject to perform an Operant response to receive a reinforcer (such as food). An apparatus used to achieve this would be the "Skinner Box"

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    into the everyday struggles some populations may have faced‚ with constant competition with Homo Sapiens for resources‚ and some engaging in cannibalism‚ the idea that the emergence of early modern humans was a majorly contributing factor to their extinction is a highly plausible one. Competitive edge regarding surviving/hunting on the part of early modern humans has accounted for the decline of Neanderthals’ during a span of thousands of years (Banks et. al 2008‚ 1). Early modern humans use of superior

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    UCR: happiness and relaxation CS: the smell of her perfume CR: happiness and relaxation Identifying Classical Conditioning Processes 1. generalization 2. extinction 3. discrimination 4. generalization 5. discrimination 6. extinction and spontaneous recovery 7. extinction Classical and Operant Conditioning 1. trembling (CC); running (OC) 2. drooling (CC); racing (OC) 3. foot dragging (OC); whimpering uncontrollably (CC) 4. hurrying

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    “The issue should never be about the extinction of any animal‚ it should always be about the cruelty and exploitation which will lead to their extinction‚” unknown. Each and every animal on earth has as much right to be here as you‚ me‚ and of all humanity. Scientists have found a way to clone extinct species. The thought of that sounds amazing and really exciting‚ but think about it another way. If we bring back no longer existing animals‚ us humans will do what we do best‚ which is changing

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    The Thylacine also known as the Tasmanian Tiger was a marsupial that’s now constantly debated on its extinction‚ here’s why. The Thylacine went extinct in the 1930’s but even since the sightings in Australia have been reported constantly. There are plenty of people who have claimed to have seen it‚ along with there are people who believe these sightings. My stance is that the animal is extinct considering most evidence or findings of it still being alive are usually badly taken pictures and when

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