When Colin was young, he was stung by a bee and had a severe allergic reaction. Now, many years later, whenever he hears a buzzing sound (including when people imitate a buzzing sound), he becomes nervous and panics. In this example, the unconditioned stimulus is
a. the severe allergic reaction.
b. the bee sting.
c. the buzzing sound.
d. Colin's reacting nervously and panicking.
e . people imitating a buzzing sound.
a. the severe allergic reaction.
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A. shaping B. habituation C. extinction D. sensitization
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a. construct validity. b. hit rates. c. incremental validity. d. the base rate.
If the correlation between X and Y is negative, the slope of the regression equation must be
a. negative. b. positive. c. non-significant. d. It could be either a or b.
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a. Indirect Attitude Test b. Implicit Association Test c. Implicit Attitude Test d. Indirect Association Test