The observation that conditioned responses to fear-relevant stimuli, such as spiders and snakes, are more resistant to extinction than are those responses to fear-irrelevant stimuli, such as flowers, supports the __________ model

Answer:


preparedness

Psychology

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A. Dr. O’Malley is debriefing his participants. Dr. Quick is obtaining informed consent from her participants. B. Dr. O’Malley is obtaining informed consent from his participants. Dr. Quick is debriefing her participants. C. Both Dr. O’Malley and Dr. Quick are obtaining informed consent from their participants. D. Both Dr. O’Malley and Dr. Quick are debriefing their participants.

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a. emotions, cognitions, and expectations b. emotions, behaviors, and cognitions c. cognitions, expectations, and bodily arousal d. cognitions, emotions, and bodily arousal e. behaviors, expectations, and cognitions

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Chomsky proposed that children are born with a specialized "mental organ," the language acquisition device (LAD), which allows them to

a. understand any language that is spoken around them at birth. b. speak any language fluently once they learn the pragmatics of the language. c. compare the structure of the language they hear to the innate grammar they were born with and make appropriate modifications. d. develop expertise in the form of the language that is spoken around them.

Psychology