____ Occurs When People Think That They Will Fail and Therefore

question 32

Multiple Choice

____ occurs when people think that they will fail and therefore quit trying to succeed.

• A)Temporal discounting
• B)Error management
• C)Learned helplessness
• D)Goal shielding

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Definitions:

Information-Processing Model

A cognitive approach that uses the analogy of a computer to explain how human mind manages information.

Psychodynamic

Relating to a psychological approach that emphasizes systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience.

Heuristic Model

A mental shortcut or rule-of-thumb that simplifies decision making, not guaranteed to be perfect, but useful for practical problem-solving.

Hermann Ebbinghaus

A psychologist known for his pioneering work on memory, including the discovery of the forgetting curve and the spacing effect.