A Strategy Some Athletes Use to Proactively Protect Their Self-Esteem

question 33

Multiple Choice

A strategy some athletes use to proactively protect their self-esteem by creating excuses for forthcoming events (e.g. ,adopting impediments to success) .

• A)Self-handicapping.
• B)Confidence building.
• C)Cognitive restructuring.
• D)Imagery training.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, triggers a conditioned response.

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Higher-order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a conditioned stimulus is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned response without directly conditioning the second stimulus to the unconditioned stimulus.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reemergence of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.