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(A)Several Days After Drinking an Excessive Amount of Alcohol,Kendra Becomes

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(a)Several days after drinking an excessive amount of alcohol,Kendra becomes nauseated simply by the smell of liquor.The sight of the half-empty liquor bottle from which she drank does not,however,upset her.What does Kendra's pattern of response indicate about the limits of associative learning?
(b)If George is spanked immediately after his baby sister cries,he is likely to become fearful every time she cries.If Ken is spanked immediately before his baby sister cries,he is not likely to become fearful when she cries.What do the different reactions of George and Ken suggest about the role of cognitive processes in associative learning?


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Rejection Region

The range of values for which the null hypothesis is not considered probable and therefore rejected in hypothesis testing.

Population Variances

A measure of the distribution of data points in a population, indicating how spread out the data values are from the mean.

Normally Distributed

Describes a data set that follows a normal distribution, where most measurements are concentrated around the mean, creating a bell curve shape.

Level of Significance

The threshold below which a p-value is considered statistically significant, indicating the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true.

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