After Watching Her Sister's Fearful Response to the Sight of a Spider,Kerri

question 61

Multiple Choice

After watching her sister's fearful response to the sight of a spider,Kerri became intensely fearful of spiders.This best illustrates that a specific phobia can be learned through

• A) reinforcement.
• B) stimulus generalization.
• C) epigenetics.
• D) observational learning.

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Definitions:

Perception

The process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.

Induced Movement

The perception of motion caused by certain visual cues, leading stationary objects to appear as if they are moving.

Moon Illusion

A perceptual phenomenon in which the Moon appears larger near the horizon than it does while higher up in the sky.

Perceptual Constancy

This is the psychological phenomenon where our perception of objects remains unchanged despite variations in their appearance to our eyes, like changes in size, shape, or color.