Chicken Little Was Afraid the Sky Was Falling, So He

question 95

Multiple Choice

Chicken Little was afraid the sky was falling, so he warned everyone about it. Henny Penny explained that Chicken Little's emotional experience (fear) was a result of him thinking that an event (the sky falling) would negatively affect his well-being. Henny Penny most likely agrees with __________ theory of emotion.

• A)Cannon's central
• B)James's peripheral
• C)Schachter-Singer's
• D)Lazarus's cognitive appraisal

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Definitions:

Punishment

In behaviorism, an intervention that decreases the likelihood of the behavior that it follows by introducing an unpleasant stimulus or outcome.

Positive Reinforcement

is a behavioral strategy that involves rewarding a desirable behavior to increase the likelihood of its recurrence.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral training technique where the removal of an undesirable or unpleasant stimulus following a particular behavior increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated in the future.

Negative Punishment

Negative punishment, a concept in behavioral psychology, involves the removal of a desirable stimulus following an unwanted behavior, aiming to decrease that behavior's occurrence.