______________ Psychologists Are Generally Interested in How the Behaviour of Individuals

question 124

Multiple Choice

______________ psychologists are generally interested in how the behaviour of individuals can be influenced by other people.

• A)Social
• B)Gestalt
• C)Behavioural
• D)Humanistic

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A learning technique involving the frequent pairing of two stimuli, so that a response originally stimulated by the second of the stimuli is in the end stimulated by only the first stimulus.

Law Of Effect

A principle in psychology stating that behaviors followed by positive outcomes are likely to be repeated, whereas behaviors followed by negative outcomes are less likely to be repeated.

Variable-Interval Schedule

A reinforcement schedule in operant conditioning where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed.

Counterconditioned

The process of changing a previously undesirable response to a stimulus into a desirable one through conditioning.