Concerns About Maintaining Self-Esteem Depend Upon Two Considerations, One of Which

question 69

Multiple Choice

Concerns about maintaining self-esteem depend upon two considerations, one of which is that an esteem-relevant event:

• A) occurs for reasons outside one's control
• B) must be neither good nor bad
• C) must be either good or bad
• D) must be attributable to an external cause

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Definitions:

Behavior

Observable, coordinated responses to environmental stimuli.

Stimulus-Response

A concept in psychology and physiology describing how organisms respond to stimuli in their environment.

Operant Conditioning

Learning that results from rewarding or reinforcing a particular behavior.

Genetics

The branch of biology that studies genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms, explaining how traits are passed from parents to offspring.