At Lunch One Day,a Spider Walks onto Your Table

question 118

Multiple Choice

At lunch one day,a spider walks onto your table.It looks just like the one that bit you last year and made you very sick.You immediately start to panic,which in this situation is most
Likely a(n)

• A) neutral stimulus.
• B) conditioned stimulus.
• C) unconditioned response.
• D) conditioned response.

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Definitions:

Free-Floating

Anxiety that is not attached to any specific object, situation, or subject, often manifesting as a general feeling of unease or dread.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

A chronic mental health condition characterized by excessive, uncontrollable worry about everyday events and activities.

Freud

Freud, an Austrian neurologist, established the psychoanalytic method, aimed at curing psychopathology through a dialogical process involving a psychoanalyst and a patient.

Maladaptive Behaviors

Actions or tendencies that are counterproductive to one’s own wellbeing or ability to meet demands of daily life, often increasing stress.