Ron Often Sees the Shapes of Animals in the Clouds

question 101

Multiple Choice

Ron often sees the shapes of animals in the clouds, and he tells his children stories about what the animals are doing. In psychological terms, what Ron is doing is most similar to

• A) hallucinating.
• B) taking a projective test.
• C) having delusions.
• D) taking an objective test.
• E) taking a personality inventory.

Discuss the psychological and neurobiological aspects of fear and stress responses, including the role of the amygdala.

Apply the principles of operant conditioning to understand complex human behaviours such as work performance and phobias.

Understand the concept and application of a token economy as a system for reinforcing desired behaviours.

Understand the universality and variability of rules governing sexual behavior across societies.

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Definitions:

Positive Reinforcement

A technique in behaviorism that encourages a certain behavior by following it with a positive stimulus or reward.

Desirable Stimulus

An external event or factor that evokes a positive or wanted response from an individual or organism.

Types of Conditioning

Various forms of learning, including classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the reinforcement is no longer presented.