A nurse elicits fear and anxiety as a result of being present when a child received a shot. If this same nurse is paired with a thermometer, the child may also learn to fear the thermometer. This situation demonstrates
a. higher order conditioning.
b. operant conditioning.
c. spontaneous recovery.
d. vicarious conditioning.
A
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A. 85 women went to trial. B. 65 women were convicted of murder, manslaughter or some kind of criminal homicide. C. 48 women received a sentence of 10 years or less. D. all of the above
An experimenter wanted to test the hypothesis that women who eat large meals are not liked as well as women who eat smaller quantities of food by using the one factor repeated measures design. Participants in the study watched a videotape of a woman eating a small nutritious snack, a normal meal, or a huge meal while talking to another person. Each participant viewed three different versions of
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a) size constancy. b) temporal constancy. c) shape constancy. d) angle constancy.
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A) better health care. B) more authoritative parenting. C) more cultural capital. D) All of the above.