Question

Garry is a 5-year-old who has a conditioned fear of furry and hairy things. He is fond of a snack of milk and chocolate cookies and associates pleasant feelings with it. Psychologists pair a cat with the snack that Garry enjoys until his fear of the cat goes away. This is an example of __________.

Answer 1

Psychologists pairing a cat with the snack that Garry enjoys until his fear of the cat goes away is an example of counterconditioning.

Counterconditioning involves conditioning an unwanted response to a

stimuli into a  wanted response through various techniques.

Garry loves chocolates and fears hairy things which makes the psychologist

to pair the both of them together . A hairy thing such as a cat was usually

present when giving him the chocolate which he likes. This makes him get

used to it and reduce his fear of hairy things.

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