At the Beginning of Chapter 6, Larry's Story About How

question 156

Multiple Choice

At the beginning of Chapter 6, Larry's story about how he learned to fear rats was presented.Although Larry tried to use abstract "book learning" to conquer his fear of rats, he eventually went to a therapist who used a method based on which of the following types of learning to help Larry overcome his irrational fear of rats?

• A) classical conditioning
• B) insight learning
• C) operant conditioning
• D) cognitive learning

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