Chapter 14: Personality Processes: Learning, Motivation,
Emotion, and Thinking | Queston and Answers
The author of your text describes a scenario wherein his psychology professor would
give extra points on an exam if students figured out and said the right word. This
scenario illustrates a number of relevant points to learning, motivation, and the self.
a) social learning theory
b) trait theory
c) Behaviors that we expect to be reinforced are more likely to happen again.
d) By watching others, we can learn what is reinforced.
e) behaviorist theory
f) psychoanalytic theory
g) Behaviors that are reinforced are more likely to happen again. **** a) social learning
theory
c) Behaviors that we expect to be reinforced are more likely to happen again.
d) By watching others, we can learn what is reinforced.
e) behaviorist theory
g) Behaviors that are reinforced are more likely to happen again.
Amy has traveled to see her friend Katie's new fifth floor apartment located in the heart
of their city. As Katie shows off her bedroom, a deafening noise and vibration fills the
apartment. Amy is alarmed and ready to run for an exit, but Katie was completely calm,
and said, "Oh, don't worry, that's just the elevated train. I hardly notice it anymore."
What process does Katie's response represent?
a) habituation
b) classical conditioning
c) operant conditioning **** a) habituation
Which of the following are possible downsides to having few or no long-term goals?
a) You have no short-term goals.
b) Your motivation may suffer.
c) You may feel aimless and disorganized.
d) You may feel as though your life is not meaningful. **** b) Your motivation may
suffer.
c) You may feel aimless and disorganized.
d) You may feel as though your life is not meaningful.
Which of the following are examples of observational learning?
a) After hearing the noon school bell ring, Jared's stomach growls.
, b) After watching her mother steer carefully out of the driveway, Janaiya does the same
during her driving lesson.
c) Jodi hits her little brother and is put in time-out.
d) After watching his other cousins clap when his cousin does a flip off the diving board,
Jackson climbs up the board to try to flip. **** b) After watching her mother steer
carefully out of the driveway, Janaiya does the same during her driving lesson.
d) After watching his other cousins clap when his cousin does a flip off the diving board,
Jackson climbs up the board to try to flip.
S-R theories are based on the idea that we learn how to respond to a stimulus and we
continue to respond that way in the future. Associating stimuli is a basic principle of
_______ conditioning. Each person experiences many _______ stimuli throughout their
lives, and their learned responses to those stimuli will collectively make up their
_______. Personalities are unique due to the unique combination of environments that
a given person is exposed to in comparison to peers. **** classical; different;
personality
Nia is on her way to school carrying a very full backpack—she has a chemistry exam
today and a lacrosse game after school. She is not feeling very confident about her
exam, but she did study and plans to work hard on it, and she is looking forward to the
game, since she scored three goals in the last game and would like to do the same
today. Nia's self-_______regarding the _______is lower than the _______. Because
Nia's self-_______ is pretty positive, that is likely to continue to bolster her feelings
regarding the exam and the game. **** efficacy; exam; game; concept
From the perspective of cognitive psychology, emotions can be considered a kind of
__________ , similar to skills such as riding a bike, singing, or shooting basketballs.
**** procedural knowledge
Which of the following describe learned helplessness?
a) a feeling that one's actions will not change one's situation
b) a link to low motivation
c) receiving only punishment, not reward
d) a link to depression
e) consequences that appear to happen randomly **** a) a feeling that one's actions
will not change one's situation
b) a link to low motivation
d) a link to depression
e) consequences that appear to happen randomly
Dayana would like to be more popular. She considers how popular she currently is and
compares that to how popular she would ideally like to be, which is known as having a
_______ goal. She then plans for groups that she can join and things she can do to
improve her popularity; this is known as a development goal. Because Dayana is
focused and working toward the goal, she is likely to respond with a _______ pattern
when she encounters a hurdle; she will likely try even harder. These two types of goals
Emotion, and Thinking | Queston and Answers
The author of your text describes a scenario wherein his psychology professor would
give extra points on an exam if students figured out and said the right word. This
scenario illustrates a number of relevant points to learning, motivation, and the self.
a) social learning theory
b) trait theory
c) Behaviors that we expect to be reinforced are more likely to happen again.
d) By watching others, we can learn what is reinforced.
e) behaviorist theory
f) psychoanalytic theory
g) Behaviors that are reinforced are more likely to happen again. **** a) social learning
theory
c) Behaviors that we expect to be reinforced are more likely to happen again.
d) By watching others, we can learn what is reinforced.
e) behaviorist theory
g) Behaviors that are reinforced are more likely to happen again.
Amy has traveled to see her friend Katie's new fifth floor apartment located in the heart
of their city. As Katie shows off her bedroom, a deafening noise and vibration fills the
apartment. Amy is alarmed and ready to run for an exit, but Katie was completely calm,
and said, "Oh, don't worry, that's just the elevated train. I hardly notice it anymore."
What process does Katie's response represent?
a) habituation
b) classical conditioning
c) operant conditioning **** a) habituation
Which of the following are possible downsides to having few or no long-term goals?
a) You have no short-term goals.
b) Your motivation may suffer.
c) You may feel aimless and disorganized.
d) You may feel as though your life is not meaningful. **** b) Your motivation may
suffer.
c) You may feel aimless and disorganized.
d) You may feel as though your life is not meaningful.
Which of the following are examples of observational learning?
a) After hearing the noon school bell ring, Jared's stomach growls.
, b) After watching her mother steer carefully out of the driveway, Janaiya does the same
during her driving lesson.
c) Jodi hits her little brother and is put in time-out.
d) After watching his other cousins clap when his cousin does a flip off the diving board,
Jackson climbs up the board to try to flip. **** b) After watching her mother steer
carefully out of the driveway, Janaiya does the same during her driving lesson.
d) After watching his other cousins clap when his cousin does a flip off the diving board,
Jackson climbs up the board to try to flip.
S-R theories are based on the idea that we learn how to respond to a stimulus and we
continue to respond that way in the future. Associating stimuli is a basic principle of
_______ conditioning. Each person experiences many _______ stimuli throughout their
lives, and their learned responses to those stimuli will collectively make up their
_______. Personalities are unique due to the unique combination of environments that
a given person is exposed to in comparison to peers. **** classical; different;
personality
Nia is on her way to school carrying a very full backpack—she has a chemistry exam
today and a lacrosse game after school. She is not feeling very confident about her
exam, but she did study and plans to work hard on it, and she is looking forward to the
game, since she scored three goals in the last game and would like to do the same
today. Nia's self-_______regarding the _______is lower than the _______. Because
Nia's self-_______ is pretty positive, that is likely to continue to bolster her feelings
regarding the exam and the game. **** efficacy; exam; game; concept
From the perspective of cognitive psychology, emotions can be considered a kind of
__________ , similar to skills such as riding a bike, singing, or shooting basketballs.
**** procedural knowledge
Which of the following describe learned helplessness?
a) a feeling that one's actions will not change one's situation
b) a link to low motivation
c) receiving only punishment, not reward
d) a link to depression
e) consequences that appear to happen randomly **** a) a feeling that one's actions
will not change one's situation
b) a link to low motivation
d) a link to depression
e) consequences that appear to happen randomly
Dayana would like to be more popular. She considers how popular she currently is and
compares that to how popular she would ideally like to be, which is known as having a
_______ goal. She then plans for groups that she can join and things she can do to
improve her popularity; this is known as a development goal. Because Dayana is
focused and working toward the goal, she is likely to respond with a _______ pattern
when she encounters a hurdle; she will likely try even harder. These two types of goals
