1. Which of the following would be best explained by an evolutionary approach to learning?

A. Both chimpanzees and humans easily learn to be afraid of snakes at a young age.
B. Both adults and children easily learn to avoid stimuli paired with electric shocks.
C. Both rats and pigeons easily learn to perform behaviors for a food reward.
D. Both adults and children easily learn to salivate to a bell paired with food.

2. When would a man who becomes sexually aroused when he sees his wife wearing lingerie be diagnosed with fetishism?

A. When it is the sight of the lingerie, and not his wife, that causes him to become sexually aroused.
B. When it is the sight of his wife, and not the lingerie, that causes him to become sexually aroused.
C. When it is the sight of his wife wearing the lingerie that causes him to become sexually aroused.
D. none of the above

3. According to the learning theory of fetishism,

A. the disorder must first develop during childhood.
B. the disorder must first be expressed during adulthood.
C. sexual arousal must occur primarily to an inanimate object.
D. sexual arousal must occur primarily in the males of a species.

4. Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of fetishism is similar to the learning theory of fetishism in which of the following ways?

A. Both theories focus on the unconscious mind to explain the development of fetishism.
B. Both theories focus on abnormal experiences to explain the development of fetishism.
C. Both theories focus on rewards and punishments to explain the development of fetishism.
D. all the above

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