Amanda Learned to Fear Snakes After Seeing One for the First

question 22

Multiple Choice

Amanda learned to fear snakes after seeing one for the first time at the zoo. However, it took many exposures to the sound of tapping dancing shoes before she learned to fear that sound. The concept that would explain the fact that we learn to fear some objects more easily than others is

• A) prepared learning.
• B) learned helplessness.
• C) observational learning.
• D) reciprocal determinism.

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