As a Teenager, Jill, While Sitting at a Bus Stop

question 28

Multiple Choice

As a teenager, Jill, while sitting at a bus stop, realized that a large spider was on her leg; she then darted away from the bus stop but was hit in the head by a bottle that someone had been throwing into a nearby trashcan. Even though Jill doesn't have a fear of bottles, she vehemently fears spiders. This example specifically illustrates ________.

• A) delayed conditioning
• B) contrapreparedness
• C) conditioned emotional response
• D) avoidance learning

Understand the significance of specific sounds or symptoms in diagnosing respiratory conditions.

Recognize the structures of the respiratory tract and their functions.

Understand how interest rates affect consumer saving and borrowing behavior.

Analyze the impact of changes in income distribution over time on consumption patterns.

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Definitions:

Self-Serving Bias

The common human tendency to attribute success to personal characteristics and failures to external factors, thereby protecting self-esteem.

Defensive Attribution

A cognitive bias where individuals attribute causes of accidents or misfortunes to external factors when involving others but to internal factors when it involves themselves, often to shield their ego.

Fundamental Attribution Bias

The tendency to overemphasize personality-based explanations for behaviors observed in others while underemphasizing the role of external factors.

Self-Effacing Bias

A tendency to downplay one's own successes or positive traits, often attributing them to external factors.