When Kenneth Was a Young Boy He Went to a Dentist

question 51

Multiple Choice

When Kenneth was a young boy he went to a dentist who treated him uncaringly and inflicted a good deal of pain. Even years later, he has an uncontrollable and intense fear of not only dentists but physicians, too. This best illustrates how phobias might be the result of

• A) generalization in classical conditioning.
• B) observational conditioning.
• C) secondary gain.
• D) the inflation effect.

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