And from a behaviorist point of view this is because of the associative history of these things.

在行为主义者看来,这是在这些事物之间的联结历史造成的。

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It's more complicated than that but the notion is you can use these associative tools perhaps to deal with questions about fear, phobias and how they go away.

但实际情况要复杂得多,你或许可以利用这些有关的治疗方法,来理解关于恐惧，恐惧症,以及他们如何才能消失的问题。

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A behaviorist might admit that a human can do things that a rat or pigeon couldn't but a behaviorist might just say, "Look. Those are just general associative powers " that differ" Or they may even deny it.

行为主义者可能会承认人类能够做到,一些老鼠或鸽子无法做到的事情,但他们或许只会说，“它们只不过是在一般性联想学习能力上,有所差异而已“,甚至他们干脆否认。

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