Susan Is Attending a Seminar on Stress Management

question 152

Multiple Choice

Susan is attending a seminar on stress management.The psychologist leading the seminar states that,"most stress is caused by irrational thinking and the negative ways that we judge various situations." The psychologist's comment most closely resembles which goal of psychology?

• A) description
• B) understanding
• C) prediction
• D) control

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially indifferent stimulus which, after being combined with an unconditioned stimulus, triggers a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In traditional conditioning, a stimulus instinctively and spontaneously elicits a response without needing any previous learning.

Discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex; in psychology, it also refers to the ability to perceive and differentiate between stimuli.

Stimulus Generalization

The process in which a response that is originally elicited by a specific stimulus also becomes elicited by other, similar stimuli.