It Is Easy to Condition but Hard to Extinguish Fears

question 29

Multiple Choice

It is easy to condition but hard to extinguish fears of the types of stimuli that threatened our ancestors. This fact is best explained from a ________ perspective.

• A) social-cognitive
• B) psychoanalytic
• C) biological
• D) humanistic

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Definitions:

Person Schema

Cognitive structures that help individuals organize and interpret information about people, based on accumulated knowledge and experiences.

Role Schema

The cognitive structure that holds expectations and beliefs about the behaviors, attributes, and roles of individuals within certain contexts.

Group Schema

A shared cognitive framework held by members of a group, which helps them interpret and predict the behavior and attitudes of the group.

Internal

Pertaining to or existing within an entity (such as an individual, organization, or system).