If Carlos Wants to Use Classical Conditioning So His 3-Year-Old

question 66

Multiple Choice

If Carlos wants to use classical conditioning so his 3-year-old sister learns to be afraid of dogs,he should

• A) shove her to the ground every day whether she pets a dog or not.
• B) blow an air horn to make her afraid every time she pets their own dog.
• C) pretend to be afraid of dogs himself.
• D) give her a piece of candy every time she is afraid to go near a dog.

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Definitions:

Placebo Control Group

is a group in an experiment that receives a sham or inactive treatment, which is used to assess the psychological impact of receiving treatment rather than the treatment's actual efficacy.

Real Control Group

Represents a group in an experiment that does not receive the treatment or intervention, used as a benchmark to measure the effect of the treatment.

Matched Control Group

A group of subjects that is equivalent to the experimental group in key characteristics but does not receive the experimental treatment or intervention.

Error Variance

The portion of variation in a set of observations that arises from random factors as opposed to systematic influences.