Maria is keenly aware that others stereotype Italians from New York as too loud and boisterous. As a result she monitors her behavior closely in public situations. Her fear that others may perceive her as a stereotypical Italian is also known as ________

A child learns that whenever he eats all of his dinner he gets a cookie for dessert. This type of learning is BEST explained by ______

a. classical conditioning.
b. operant conditioning.
c. biofeedback theory.
d. social learning theory.
e. observational learning.

A form of defensive forgetting is called ______

a. repression c. denial b. projection d. sublimation