Your Personal Explanation for How and Why People Behave the Way

question 146

Short Answer

Your personal explanation for how and why people behave the way they do has been called your __________ personality theory.

Identify and analyze the myth versus reality in the portrayal of the American West.

Grasp the significance of natural resources and entrepreneurial ventures in the development of the West.

Understand the intention and impact of treaties, acts, and policies on Native Americans and immigrants.

Appreciate the demographic and economic transformation of the West into an urban region.

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Definitions:

Medial Prefrontal Cortex

A part of the frontal lobe of the brain involved in decision-making, social behavior, and personality expression.

Operant Conditioning

Form of learning in which behaviors lead to consequences that either reinforce or punish the organism, leading to an increased or a decreased probability of a future response.

Observational Learning

Learning that occurs when a person observes the rewards and punishments of another’s behavior and then behaves in accordance with the same rewards and punishments.

Social-cognitive Learning

A theory that posits learning occurs in a social context with a dynamic and reciprocal interaction of the person, environment, and behavior.