Saavedra and Silverman Review

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Which of these was an aim of Saavedra and Silverman? To investigate the effects of a button phobia in a child. To investigate the causes of a button phobia in a child. To attempt to treat a child's phobia of buttons by modelling.

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To investigate the causes of a button phobia in a child.

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This study follows which research method best? Options: Observation, Case Study, Questionnaire, Correlation

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Case Study

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In what year did Saavedra and Silverman do their study?

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2002

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How did the therapists measure the boy's distress level?

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A feelings thermometer

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What did Saavedra and Silverman NOT have the child imagine?

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How the buttons tasted

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How did the boy develop his button phobia?

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He spilled a bowl of buttons in art class.

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The sample only consisting of one child leads to a weakness in which of these? Bias, Ecological Validity, Reliability, Generalizability

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Generalizability

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This study is a part of which approach to Psychology? Options: Learning, Social, Cognitive, Biological

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Learning

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What is classical conditioning?

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A form of learning in which a unconditioned response becomes linked to a previously neutral stimulus to create a learned association.

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What is operant conditioning?

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A form of learning that uses rewards and punishment to modify behavior.