Evelyn Is Conditioned to Fear White Rats

question 275

Multiple Choice

Evelyn is conditioned to fear white rats. Soon after, she also begins to fear white cats, white dogs, and white rabbits. Her new, unconditioned fears result from __________.

• A) modeling
• B) discrimination
• C) response generalization
• D) stimulus generalization

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Definitions:

Nominal

Scale used to classify or categorize data into groups that have different names but are not related to each other in any other systematic way.

Scale of Measurement

The method or standard used to quantify the variables researchers are interested in, such as nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio scales.

Interval

Scale used to categorize, rank order, and arrange data so that an equal interval unit appears between each of the scores.

Descriptive Statistics

Set of statistical analyses that can be used to organize and describe the characteristics of a set of data.