Applications open without clicking on

Recently my MacBook has been very annoying to me. I just skim the arrow over the applications in the dock and they open up without me clicking on them. What is going on? I'm helping my mother learn to use her new MacBook and the same thing is happening to hers. It is very frustrating. I have gone to system preferences and have set both the trackpad and keyboard to the slowest possible settings.
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