The Failure to Find a Strong Direct Correlation Between Fear

question 39

Multiple Choice

The failure to find a strong direct correlation between fear responses and the avoidance response is less problematic if we assume that

• A) the aversive CS activates a central motivational state rather than a peripheral response.
• B) the instrumental response does not occur automatically or habitually.
• C) avoidance and Pavlovian-instrumental transfer are incompatible.
• D) fear is not an acquired motivation.

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Population Median

The middle value of a dataset when it is ordered from the smallest to the largest, representing the central tendency of the population.

Normal Approximation

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Standardized Test Statistic

A value computed from sample data and the null hypothesis that measures how many standard deviations the sample data falls from the hypothesized value.

Alternative Hypothesis

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