The Type a Personality That Tends to Be Associated with Heart

question 187

Multiple Choice

The Type A personality that tends to be associated with heart disease is characterized by

• A) impatience and hostility.
• B) memory impairments.
• C) a lack of interest in life.
• D) annual bouts of depression.

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Definitions:

Response Generalization

The extension of learned responses to stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus in operant conditioning.

Punishment by Application

A behavioral psychology term referring to the addition of an undesirable stimulus to decrease a specific behavior.

Negative Reinforcement

A conditioning process where the removal of an unfavorable event or outcome after the display of a behavior increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated in the future.

Operant Extinction

The process in behavioral psychology where the frequency of a previously reinforced behavior decreases when that behavior is no longer reinforced.