Dina, a child in her first year of nursery school, refuses to share her toys with other children. She always grabs what she wants and screams and hits when something is taken away. She does not respond to the teacher's lessons about sharing
In three separate statements, describe what a psychoanalytic theorist, a behaviorist,
and a cognitive theorist would say about Dina's behavior and how to remedy it.
What will be an ideal response
Included in responses should be differentiation of the three schools of thought. Psychoanalytic
psychologists will stress underlying motivation, possible psychosexual explanations, and Dina's
psychosocial stage; behaviorists will concentrate on her specific behaviors and ways to reinforce
changes in it; cognitive psychologists will consider her thinking and her developmental stage.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Research on the relationship between money and happiness suggests that
a. upward comparisons tend to increase feelings of subjective well-being. b. within a particular country, the wealthier citizens report significantly greater levels of happiness. c. as the wealth of a particular country increases, the subjective well-being of its citizens increases. d. d. in general, citizens of wealthier nations report greater levels of happiness. in general, citizens of wealthier nations report greater levels of happiness.
Identify five areas of application of behavior modification
What will be an ideal response?
To summarize the contemporary view of emotion, the timing of events within an emotion was correctly explained by
a. Cannon and Bard. b. James and Lange. c. Schachter and Valins. d. Izard and Ekman.