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Teresa has a painful experience at the dentists office, so her mother takes Teresa to a new dentist, one who takes great care to make her visits painless. Teresa is anxious at first, but after a few visits, Teresa gradually becomes less resistant about going to the new dentist. Teresas change in behavior can probably best be explained in terms of
 
  a. extinction.
 
   b. generalization.
 
   c. higher-order conditioning.
   d. sensory preconditioning.

Question 2

Teresa has a painful experience at the dentists office. The next time her mother brings her to the dentists office, Teresa begins to get tense and anxious. Teresas anxiety is a(n)
 
  a. unconditioned stimulus.
   b. operant response.
 
   c. conditioned stimulus.
 
   d. conditioned response.



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: a

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ANSWER: d





 

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