If One Is Feeling Bored with One's Romantic Partner, Which

question 115

Multiple Choice

If one is feeling bored with one's romantic partner, which approach would be expected to improve one's feelings by bringing about dishabituation?

• A) doing something new and exciting together
• B) spending time together just relaxing
• C) doing more of the favorite activities together
• D) downplaying the importance of the problem

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Definitions:

Reinforcement Principles

Psychological concepts that involve strengthening a behavior by providing a desirable consequence or removing an undesirable one.

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a conditioned response is triggered by stimuli that are similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus.

White Rats

Laboratory rats, often of the albino variety, used in research and experiments.

Classical Conditioning

In this learning approach, two stimuli are repeatedly linked, and a reaction that starts out being caused by the second stimulus is in time caused by just the first stimulus.