The study of Little Albert's phobia of a white rat
a) demonstrated that phobias may be symbolic of underlying fears.
b) demonstrated that phobias may sometimes be learned through classical conditioning.
c) has been successfully replicated numerous times.
d) provided a successful model for the treatment of phobias in children.
b
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Chomsky argued that there are several flaws with the association theory of language learning. Which of the following is not one of his arguments?
a. One could never learn all the possible associations. b. The hierarchical structure of the association theory is incorrect because language is learned in a linear fashion. c. It does not account for relations among nonadjacent words. d. It ignores the hierarchical structure of sentences.
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(a) .11 (b) .39 (c) .78 (d) .95