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

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Multiple Choice

At the beginning of Chapter 6, Larry's story about how he developed a fear of rats was presented.As an adult, Larry tried to conquer this irrational fear by understanding how phobias develop.However, when he tried to touch a rat at the psychology lab, his fear of rats resurfaced.Larry had discovered that all his abstract "book learning" was powerless to protect him in the presence of a rat.This abstract "book learning" that Larry attempted to use to conquer his fear would be considered a form of

• A) classical conditioning.
• B) vicarious classical conditioning.
• C) operant conditioning.
• D) cognitive learning.

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