Pluralistic Ignorance Results When _______ Backfires

question 53

Multiple Choice

Pluralistic ignorance results when _______ backfires.

• A) urban overload
• B) normative influence
• C) informational social influence
• D) social exchange concern
• E) contagion

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus used during the original conditioning.

Conditioned Fear

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly paired with an aversive stimulus, leading to an anticipatory fear response.

Little Albert

An experiment conducted by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner that demonstrated classical conditioning in humans, specifically showing how a child could be conditioned to fear a white rat.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique that involves replacing an undesirable response to a stimulus with a more desirable one.