Rejection Sensitivity Is a Personality Trait That Involves A(n) ____

question 29

Multiple Choice

Rejection sensitivity is a personality trait that involves a(n) ____.

• A) obsessive tendency to avoid offending others
• B) complete disinterest in social interactions
• C) expectation of being rejected by others
• D) complete lack of emotional intelligence

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a conditioned response after a period of rest and with no further conditioning, often observed in behavioral psychology.

Extinction

The diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in classical conditioning when an unconditioned stimulus (US) does not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS); occurs in operant conditioning when a response is no longer reinforced.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that, through association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to elicit a response similar to the response to the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a specific stimulus as a result of conditioning.