By Using Which of the Following Could Alba Learn to Associate

question 94

Multiple Choice

By using which of the following could Alba learn to associate a negative emotional response with her undesirable habit of compulsive hair-pulling?

• A)operant conditioning
• B)escape training
• C)aversion therapy
• D)conditioned helplessness

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Definitions:

Experimental

Pertaining to a method of research that involves the manipulation of one or more variables to determine their effect on a certain outcome.

Neurotic

Referring to an individual's tendency towards anxiety, depression, or other emotional instability, often as a personality trait.

Theory

An explanation for how and why variables are related to each other.

Hypotheses

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