When You Are About to Get a Shot with a Hypodermic

question 239

Multiple Choice

When you are about to get a shot with a hypodermic needle, your muscles tighten and there is a catch in your breathing because you have learned to expect that getting poked with a needle will be painful. This explanation of your behavior is consistent with

• A)the informational view.
• B)the interactionism theory.
• C)the law of effect.
• D)shaping.

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Definitions:

Sternberg's Triangular Theory

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Passionate Love

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