Unit 6.4 Psychology

Question 0

Latent learning

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Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it

Question 1

Cognitive Map

Answer 1

A mental representation of the layout of one’s environment

Question 2

Insight

Answer 2

A sudden realization of a problem’s solution

Question 3

Intrinsic motivation

Answer 3

A desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake

Question 4

Extrinsic motivation

Answer 4

A desire to preform a behavior to receive promised rewards or avoid threatened punishment

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Coping

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Alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods

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Problem- focused coping

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Attempting to alleviate stress directly by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor

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Emotion- focused coping

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Attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one’s stress reaction

Question 8

Learned helplessness

Answer 8

The hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events

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External locus of control

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The perception that chance or outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate

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Internal locus of control

Answer 10

The perception that you control your own fate

Question 11

Self- control

Answer 11

The ability to control impulses and delay short-term gratification for greater long-term rewards