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Psychologists who study phobias from a learning perspective explain phobias asa. the result of individual genetic makeup.b. a way of repressing unacceptable impulses.c. conditioned fears.d. evidence of the natural selectionprocess.
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The learning perspective proposes that phobias are a. the result of individual genetic makeup. b. a way of repressing unacceptable impulses. c. conditioned fears. d. a symptom of having been abused as a child.
Rats subjected to unpredictable shocks in the laboratory become chronically anxious. To the learning researcher this suggests that anxiety is a response to a. a phobia. b. biological factors.c. a genetic predisposition. d. fear conditioning.
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