Strategies That Help Individuals Develop and Express Their Own Self

question 55

Multiple Choice

Strategies that help individuals develop and express their own self are autonomy supportive; the opposite of autonomy support is

• A) punishment.
• B) unsupportive.
• C) criticism.
• D) control.

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Definitions:

Higher Order Conditioning

A process in behavioral psychology where a conditioned stimulus is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second-level conditioned response.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Operant Conditioning

A process of behavioral adjustment where the level of an action is modified through the application of rewards or punishments.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response tendency.