Brian Has Decided to Study the Relationship Between Genetics and Shyness

question 82

Multiple Choice

Brian has decided to study the relationship between genetics and shyness in social situations.Which of the following disciplines best fits Brian's approach to his research?

• A) psychiatry
• B) sociobiology
• C) social psychology
• D) psychology

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Definitions:

Mowrer's Two-Factor Theory

A theory proposing that avoidance learning involves both classical conditioning of fear and operant conditioning of the avoidance response.

Avoidance Conditioning

A learning process in operant conditioning wherein an individual learns a behavior to avoid an undesired stimulus or outcome.

Aversive Event

An unfavorable or unpleasant event or stimulus that an organism seeks to avoid or escape.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.