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- A. Affiliation
- B. Achievement
- C. Power
- D. Apperception
Explanation: The need for achievement involves striving for excellence, mastering challenging tasks and meeting high standards.
Correct answer: Achievement- A. Primary reinforcer
- B. Secondary reinforcer
- C. None of these
- D. All of these
Explanation: Food is a primary reinforcer because it satisfies a basic biological need and does not require prior learning to become rewarding.
Correct answer: Primary reinforcer- A. Social learning
- B. Cognitive learning
- C. Trial and error
- D. None of these
Explanation: Cognitive learning theory defines learning through internal mental processes such as thinking, understanding, expectation, and…
Correct answer: Cognitive learning- A. It does not play a role
- B. It does play a role
- C. It has an effect only on dependent patients
- D. It plays a role in highly structured therapy situation
Explanation: Reinforcement can influence insight therapy even though the therapy mainly emphasizes understanding and self-awareness.
Correct answer: It does play a role- A. Stress interpersonal interactions
- B. Employ the principal of learning
- C. Are capable to a very limited rang of psychological problems
- D. All involve some sort of operant conditioning
Explanation: Behaviour modification applies learning principles, including reinforcement, punishment, shaping, and sometimes conditioning techniques.
Correct answer: Employ the principal of learning- A. Achievement motivation
- B. Need for affiliation
- C. None of these
- D. None of these
Explanation: The need for affiliation is the desire to form, maintain and enjoy relationships with other people.
Correct answer: Need for affiliation- A. Cognitive psychology
- B. Positive psychology
- C. Humanistic psychology
- D. Evolutionary psychology
Explanation: Positive psychology studies strengths and desirable experiences such as happiness, hope, optimism and flow.
Correct answer: Positive psychology- A. Cognitive Approach
- B. Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach
- C. Stimulus-Response Behaviouristic Approach
- D. Existential Approach
Explanation: The stimulus-response behaviouristic approach describes behaviour as learned connections between stimuli and responses, especially through…
Correct answer: Stimulus-Response Behaviouristic Approach- A. Throndike
- B. B.F. Skinner
- C. Evan Pavlov
- D. Kohler
Explanation: Wolfgang Köhler is associated with insightful learning, demonstrated in his studies of chimpanzees solving problems through sudden…
Correct answer: Kohler- A. Skinner
- B. Pavlov
- C. Kohler
- D. Thorndike
Explanation: Edward Thorndike formulated the law of effect, stating that behaviours followed by satisfying consequences become more likely, while those…
Correct answer: Thorndike