A person is conditioned to fear white rats. Soon after, she also begins to fear white cats, white dogs, and white rabbits. Her new, unconditioned fears result from ______

a. vicarious reinforcement c. response generalization
b. stimulus discrimination d. stimulus generalization


d

Psychology

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Explain what a correlation coefficient measures, and provide examples of what different kinds of coefficients indicate.

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

An inverse relationship between two variables in which an increase in one variable is related to a decrease in the other, and vice versa is _____

a. a positive correlation b. a negative correlation c. a correlation coefficient d. negative reliability

Psychology

Within peer groups, children

A) acquire many social skills. B) rarely exclude peers. C) often become peer-avoidant and isolated. D) develop individuality.

Psychology

Parentese helps parents to do all of the following EXCEPT

a. discourage egocentric speech. b. get babies' attention. c. communicate with their babies. d. teach their babies language.

Psychology