Stan Believes in Fate

question 113

Multiple Choice

Stan believes in fate. He doesn't think it matters what he eats because his father had a heart attack and died at a young age. Stan believes the same will happen to him. Stan probably has

• A) reciprocal determinism.
• B) an internal locus of control.
• C) generalized expectancy.
• D) an external locus of control.
• E) high self-esteem.

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Definitions:

UCS

Stands for Unconditioned Stimulus, a stimulus that automatically triggers a reflexive response without any learning needed.

CS

is an abbreviation that can stand for conditional stimulus in behavioral psychology, representing a previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of conditioned response when it is no longer reinforced.

Experimental Neurosis

A pattern of erratic or maladaptive behavior in animals caused by exposure to unpredictable and uncontrollable events, used as a model to study human neuroses.