In Social Psychology, People Who Regard Traits and Abilities as Fixed

question 39

Multiple Choice

In social psychology, people who regard traits and abilities as fixed and stable are known as ____, while people who believe that it is possible to change and improve traits and abilities are known as ____.

• A)entity theorists; incremental theorists
• B)incremental theorists; entity theorists
• C)individualists; collectivists
• D)collectivists; individualists

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Definitions:

Wagner

A reference to theories postulated by Robert A. Rescorla and Allan R. Wagner on conditioning processes, focusing on the associative strength between stimuli and responses.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural response to an unconditioned stimulus that requires no learning.

Pavlov

A Russian physiologist best known for his work in classical conditioning, particularly with the conditioned response of salivation in dogs.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus due to repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus.