Read the Definition Below and Answer the Questions That Follow

question 17

Multiple Choice

Read the definition below and answer the questions that follow.
A phobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by strong, persistent, illogical fear of a specific object or situation.
The statement above is a

• A) synonym definition.
• B) class definition.
• C) definition by negation.

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Definitions:

Habituation

Decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentations.

Contiguous Occurrences

Contiguous occurrences refer to events that happen in close proximity in terms of both time and space.

Contingent Occurrences

Events that happen dependent on certain conditions or situations, often in a causal relationship.

Neutral Stimulus

A neutral stimulus is initially unrelated and unresponsive to any specific response until it becomes associated with a conditioned stimulus in classical conditioning.