It Is Hard to Get Rid of Superstitions, Phobias, and Obsessive-Compulsive

question 156

Multiple Choice

It is hard to get rid of superstitions, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive behaviors because they are similar to which kind of learning?

• A) avoidance learning
• B) conditioned taste aversions
• C) fixed-interval operant conditioning
• D) short-term memory

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