An Emotion Is an Inner-Directing Force Such as a Need

question 125

True/False

An emotion is an inner-directing force such as a need or a want that arouses the organism and directs behavior toward a goal.

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Definitions:

Punishment

The imposition of a penalty or discomfort by an authority figure or system in response to an undesired behavior, aiming to decrease its occurrence.

Positive Reinforcement

A strategy in behavior modification that involves the addition of a rewarding stimulus following a desired behavior.

Conditioned Stimulus

A conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, evokes a conditioned response.

Fear Conditioning

A behavioral paradigm in neuroscience and psychology where organisms learn to predict aversive events, developing a conditioned response to a previously neutral stimulus.