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Adam Smith believed that markets coordinated the self-interests of consumers.
Pavlov's Dogs
An experiment by Ivan Pavlov demonstrating classical conditioning through the use of dogs, bells, and food, showing how associative learning works.
Little Albert
The subject of a famous psychology experiment by John B. Watson, demonstrating that emotional responses can be conditioned in humans.
Fear / Distress Response
An emotional and physiological reaction to perceived threats or danger, involving the activation of the fight or flight response.
Electra Complex
In psychodynamic theory, a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.
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