What does a scientist do when he or she"explains something? Scientific explanation comes in two forms:generalization and reduction. Most psychologists deal with generalization. Theyexplain parlicular instances of behavior as example of general laws. Forinstance, most psychologists would explain a pathologically (病态) strong fear of dogs as example of classicalconditioning. Presumably, the person was frightened earlier in life by a dog.An unpleasant stimulus was paired with the sight of the animal (perhaps theperson was knocked down by a vigorous dog and the subsequent sight of dogsevokes the earlier response of fear. H tN: v
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