What is classical conditioning, and what is its relationship to learning development?
What will be an ideal response?
Classical conditioning involves a neutral event paired with a stimulus that triggers a natural response. The neutral stimulus then begins to elicit the same natural response. Important associations, such as feeding responses, can be made in newborns through classical conditioning.
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Narcissism refers to which of the following?
A. one's evaluation of one's self concept B. one's inclination to care for oneself C. one's arrogance or excessive self-love D. one's belief about one's ability to achieve a goal
You score poorly on an exam. Whether you consider the low grade a sign to work harder, to drop the course, or to use it as an excuse to "make yourself feel better" by going shopping depends on your interpretation. Julian Rotter called this interpretation
a. fixation. b. the psychological situation. c. the expectancy. d. the reinforcement value.
What do high self-efficacy expectations result in?
a. Lower levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline in the bloodstream. b. The ability to withstand stress. c. Less disturbance when adverse events occur. d. All of these.
Research by Stilwell and Wallick examined medical students' specialty choices within medicine and found that:
a. extraverted females opted for the surgical specialties b. female thinking types most often chose Family medicine as their specialty c. female feeling types most often chose Family medicine as their specialty d. males and females did not differ in their choice of specialty