Katrinka Habitually Makes Nasty, Hostile Comments About Her Teachers

question 38

Multiple Choice

Katrinka habitually makes nasty, hostile comments about her teachers. Freud would have suggested that her behavior illustrates the powerful influence of the

• A) spotlight effect.
• B) superego.
• C) ego.
• D) id.

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Definitions:

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Non-associative Learning

A form of learning in which an organism becomes more (or less) responsive to a repeated stimulus over time, without the need for association between different stimuli.

Cognitive Model

A framework used in cognitive psychology and cognitive therapy that describes how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and influence mental health and behavior.

Classical Learning

Classical learning is a term often used to describe classical conditioning, a foundational concept in psychology where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus, eliciting a conditioned response.