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Compare the Goals of Researchers Who Use the Observational Method

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Compare the goals of researchers who use the observational method, the correlational method, and the experimental method. Provide an example of a question that is best addressed by each method.


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Second-order Conditioning

This is a process in which a stimulus that's already linked to a response becomes associated with another, new stimulus, creating a second conditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process by which a previously reinforced behavior decreases in frequency and eventually ceases, often because the reinforcement is no longer provided.

Dread

An intense feeling of fear or apprehension about something that is perceived as threatening or dangerous.

Contingency

An upcoming occurrence or situation that may happen but whose certainty cannot be guaranteed.

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