Psychologists Consider a Result to Be Significant If It Would

question 250

Multiple Choice

Psychologists consider a result to be significant if it would be expected to occur by chance _______________ time(s) in 100 repetitions of the study.

• A)one
• B)five or fewer
• C)ten or fewer
• D)fifteen or fewer

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Definitions:

Stimulus-stimulus Learning

A process in classical conditioning where a neutral stimulus becomes capable of eliciting a response after being paired with another stimulus that naturally evokes a response.

John B. Watson

An American psychologist who is considered one of the founders of behaviorism, emphasizing the importance of observable behavior over internal mental states.

Phobias

Irrational, intense, persistent fears of certain situations, activities, things, or people, leading to avoidance behavior.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus, famously demonstrated by Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs.