As an Infant, Angela's Actions and Responses Indicate That She

question 58

Multiple Choice

As an infant, Angela's actions and responses indicate that she likes to be snuggled tightly and to see interesting things. According to Rogers, these things that she likes form the basis for her future self-concept through the ____.

• A) filter of the persona
• B) organismic valuing process
• C) self-efficacy process
• D) reality principle

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Definitions:

Bottom-up Processing

An approach to information processing rooted in taking sensory information and then assembling and integrating it, starting from small details to build up a bigger picture.

Top-down Processing

A cognitive process that involves interpreting sensory information based on existing knowledge, expectations, and thoughts, rather than from the sensory input itself.

Opponent Process

A theory suggesting that emotions are regulated by mechanisms that operate in opposition to each other, aiming to stabilize emotional responses over time.

Opponent Process Theory

A psychological and neurological model that accounts for a wide range of behaviors, including color vision and emotions, by proposing that elements operate in pairs with opposite actions.