Imagine the Following Scenario: You Are Offered the Chance to Win

question 26

Multiple Choice

Imagine the following scenario: You are offered the chance to win $1,000,but in order to win you have to stick your hand into a tank of fish that you cannot see.There is a 25% chance that the tank contains piranhas that will remove the flesh from your hand.According to the __________ theory of decision making,you are not likely to take the risk of injury just to win the cool grand.

• A) avoidance
• B) rationality
• C) prospect
• D) self-preservation

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Definitions:

Deconditioning

Reversing conditioning to eliminate the conditioned response.

Conditioned Response

The response produced by the conditioned stimulus after classical conditioning (e.g., salivation following the sound of the bell).

White Rat

Often used in psychological experiments, it refers to a laboratory rat that has been bred to be white in color.

Rosalie Rayner

An American psychologist who, along with John B. Watson, conducted the famous Little Albert experiment, demonstrating that emotional reactions could be conditioned in humans.