When Sarah Relates Her Own Life Experiences to What She

question 282

Multiple Choice

When Sarah relates her own life experiences to what she is learning in her psychology class, it will be easier for her to recall the information on an exam. Sarah is engaging in

• A)proactive encoding.
• B)elaborative processing.
• C)chunking or recoding.
• D)maintenance rehearsal.

Understand the distinctions and similarities between traditional psychoanalysis and brief psychodynamic therapies.

Grasp the therapeutic technique of free association and its role in gaining awareness of unconscious material.

Recognize the impact of past experiences on current psychological disorders and therapy outcomes.

Understand the theories and techniques of various psychotherapeutic approaches.

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Definitions:

Continuous Reinforcement

Reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule in which a reward is not administered every time the desired response is performed, leading to more resistant learned behavior.

Primary Reinforcement

A stimulus that satisfies basic survival needs and is inherently rewarding, such as food, water, or warmth, used in behavioral conditioning.

Negative Reinforcer

A stimulus whose removal or avoidance following a behavior increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future.