Your child fears going to the doctor because on her last visit she received a painful treatment. Now every time your child visits the doctor the nurse is with him. You notice the child seems afraid of the nurse even though she has never administered a painful treatment. What is this probably due to?

a. higher-order conditioning c. stimulus discrimination
b. stimulus overload d. response generalization


A

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A. fatuous love B. intimacy C. passionate love D. infatuated love

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Which is NOT among the goals of scientific psychology?

a. the development of measurement techniques for describing behavior precisely and accurately b. understanding why certain behaviors occur c. applications of research findings to solve everyday problems d. searching for absolute truths about behavior

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What will be an ideal response?

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a. testosterone b. norepinephrine and epinephrine c. estrogen d. serotonin

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