Negative Patterning Is Difficult to Learn Because It Requires the Organism

question 108

Multiple Choice

Negative patterning is difficult to learn because it requires the organism to suppress its tendency to:

• A) make a motor response.
• B) discriminate.
• C) categorize.
• D) generalize.

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Definitions:

Fixation

In psychology, an unhealthy or obsessive attachment to a person, object, or stage of development.

Traffic Ticket

A notice issued by law enforcement to a motorist or pedestrian for violating traffic laws.

Hostile Comments

Negative or aggressive remarks directed towards a person, often intended to hurt or offend.

Displacement

In psychoanalytic theory, a defense mechanism involving the transfer of an unwanted feeling or thought from one object or person to another that is less threatening.