As a Type a Personality, Peter Would Be Unusually Prone

question 364

Multiple Choice

As a Type A personality, Peter would be unusually prone to

• A) approach-avoidance conflicts.
• B) hypochondriasis.
• C) acculturative stress.
• D) a psychosomatic disorder, such as heart disease.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Contrast Effect

A phenomenon observed in conditioning where the response to a conditioned stimulus changes when an alternative stimulus is presented with different reinforcement conditions.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process whereby a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears as a result of the conditioned stimulus being presented without reinforcement.

Reinforcer

Any stimulus that strengthens or increases the likelihood of a behavior by its occurrence.

Contingency Management

A behavioral therapy technique that modifies behavior by changing the consequences that are contingent upon that behavior.