Having a General Feeling That Things Will Be Okay and Problems

question 91

Multiple Choice

Having a general feeling that things will be okay and problems will eventually work out is known as

• A)internal control.
• B)optimism.
• C)learned helplessness.
• D)hardiness.

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Definitions:

Insight

The capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of a problem or situation suddenly, often leading to a solution.

Reinforcement

A concept in behaviorism that involves increasing the likelihood of a behavior's occurrence through the administration of rewards or punishments.

Operant Conditioning

Operant conditioning is a learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Classical Conditioning

Pavlovian Conditioning, an associative learning process through which an animal or human learns to link two stimuli, with one stimulus coming to evoke a response originally evoked by the other.