When Neville was seven years old, his older sister jumped out from a hiding spot and grabbed him unexpectedly, just as he was about to go upstairs. As an adult, he is still terrified of stairs. Based on classical conditioning principles, a behavioral therapist would suggest the conditioned response in Neville's phobia:
a. is the fear and anxiety that he now experiences when he thinks about stairs
b. was his sister grabbing him unexpectedly
c. was the arousal he experienced when his sister grabbed him unexpectedly
d. was the set of stairs he was about to climb when he was grabbed unexpectedly
A
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a. To get a Master's degree in counseling, social work, or clinical psychology b. A PhD in clinical psychology c. A Psy-D d. A Medical Degree
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A) aversive conditioning B) virtual therapy C) modeling D) biofeedback training
What is the neurodevelopmental hypothesis?
What will be an ideal response?
The ________________theory was demonstrated in a landmark study by Muzifer Sherif called the Robbers Cave Study (1966)
a. realistic group conflict b. group identity c. social learning d. relative deprivation