Imagine that you now experience such an overly strong fear of dogs that you refuse to leave your house for fear of encountering a dog
A learning theorist would suggest that the roots of your fear can be attributed to past classical conditioning, in which you associated the sight and sound of a dog with some aversive experience. This type of explanation would involve the process of
a. rationalization.
b. pseudoscience.
c. reductionism.
d. generalization.
e. dualism.
Answer: c. reductionism.
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