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Louis Is a 3-Year-Old Who Is Deathly Afraid of Sitting

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Louis is a 3-year-old who is deathly afraid of sitting in cars ever since he was in a mild car accident. He enjoys ice pops and chocolates, and responds gleefully to his favorite nursery rhyme, "Hickory Dickory Dock." Describe the classical conditioning procedure that can help reduce his fear.


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Population Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability in a population; it quantifies the degree to which members of the population differ from the mean.

Population Mean

The average value of all the elements in a population, representing the expected value of a given population parameter.

Critical Value

A threshold value that defines the cutoff points in a statistical test which discriminates between the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values.

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