Emotions Are Best Described as ____

question 218

Multiple Choice

Emotions are best described as ____.

• A) evaluative thoughts about the situation
• B) facial expressions coupled with affective responses
• C) complex reactions to some internal or external event
• D) inevitable, biologically determined responses

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Definitions:

Avoidance Learning

is a process by which an individual learns a behavior or response to avoid a noxious or unpleasant situation or stimulus.

Aversive Event

An unpleasant or noxious stimulus that an organism seeks to avoid or escape, often used in aversive conditioning.

Matching Law

A principle stating that the proportion of responses on a particular schedule matches the proportion of reinforcements obtained on that schedule.

Maximizing Law

The principle that organisms will choose behaviors that maximize rewards and minimize penalties under conditions of uncertainty.