Kevin Is a First-Generation Chinese-Canadian

question 43

Multiple Choice

Kevin is a first-generation Chinese-Canadian. Both of his parents came to Canada for university, and when they married after graduation, they decided to continue living in Canada. Kevin was born shortly after their marriage, and has dual citizenship. His parents have since become Canadian citizens, as well. When Kevin was 10 years old, his grandmother died and his grandfather came from China to live with his family in Canada.
-Kevin's grandmother was chronically ill for some time before she died,and Kevin's grandfather had been taking care of her.Because of this,when Kevin's grandfather comes to Canada,he is expected to ________ because _________.

• A) be sick less often; all of his routine hassles disappeared with his wife's death
• B) be sick more often; he has reached the exhaustion stage of the stress response
• C) be sick less often; his body is in the alarm stage of the stress response
• D) be sick less often; he is ignoring the sadness he feels due to his wife's death

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Definitions:

Extinction

Extinction in behavioral psychology refers to the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the reinforcement is no longer provided.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process whereby a learned response is reduced or eliminated, often as a result of repeated absence of the expected reinforcement.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Classically Conditioned

Pertains to a learning process in psychology where an association is made between a naturally occurring stimulus and a previously neutral stimulus.