Researchers have demonstrated that _______ responses can be conditioned so that people will start to have fearful responses (e.g., palm sweat) to pictures of snakes

FIll in the blank with correct word.

Answer: fear
Rationale: Pairing photos of snakes with mild electric shock, has led to the photos eventually eliciting the same responses as mild electric shock (e.g., palm sweat).

Psychology

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The process in which new visual information constantly replaces old visual information in the sensory registers almost immediately is called ______

a. circumlocation c. the recency effect b. masking d. proactive inhibition

Psychology

An example of the instrumentation threat to internal validity is

a) Questions in the survey are periodically reworded. b) Standardized tests are used. c) The experimenter leaves the room during the test. d) Assessments use both multiple choice and true/false questions.

Psychology