Very Few People Have Actually Come in Contact with a Shark

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Multiple Choice

Very few people have actually come in contact with a shark, but many would show fear at the sight of a large fin swimming through the ocean waves because they have seen movies or news reports in which people have been attacked by sharks.This illustrates

• A) vicarious classical conditioning.
• B) shaping.
• C) operant conditioning.
• D) desensitization.

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