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Oksana Villarreal
on Dec 12, 2024
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Dante was recently bitten in the leg by a snake and now has learned to fear snakes.If his fear is out of proportion with the danger posed by snakes,then Dante has developed
A) an evolutionary adaptation.
B) stimulus discrimination.
C) a phobia.
D) second-order conditioning.
Phobia
An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
Evolutionary Adaptation
The process through which species undergo changes over time due to genetic variation and natural selection, helping organisms to survive and reproduce in their environments.
Stimulus Discrimination
The learned ability to distinguish between similar stimuli and respond differently based on their associative properties with reinforcement or punishment.
- Recognize instances of classical conditioning in daily scenarios.
- Examine the influence of environmental and biological elements on classical conditioning.
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Learning Objectives
- Recognize instances of classical conditioning in daily scenarios.
- Examine the influence of environmental and biological elements on classical conditioning.