Dominique had a car accident while driving over a bridge and thereafter developed an intense phobia of driving over bridges. In an effort to cure Dominique's phobia, a psychologist gradually motivated him to drive over bridges. After many sessions of having nonthreatening experiences while driving over bridges, Dominique's phobia was cured. This is an example of ______.
A) habituation
B) stimulus generalization
C) extinction
D) backward conditioning
C) extinction
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A) sex cells B) zygotes C) not matching D) not sex cells
According to Jung, the memories and behavior patterns inherited from past generations are part of the
a. persona. b. personal unconscious. c. alter-ego. d. collective unconscious. e. anima.
A researcher places a red dot on two-year-old Raven's nose. When she looks into a mirror, she tries to rub the dot off of her nose rather than off of the mirror. This behavior indicates that she has developed
What will be an ideal response?