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Exam 3 Personality Psychology: Chapter
14 Personality Processes Questions and
Correct Answers
Learning-Based Approaches: Two Simple Ideas
Ans: •Stimuli that occur close together in time will
come to elicit the same response.
•Behaviors followed by pleasant outcomes tend to be
repeated; behaviors followed by unpleasant outcomes
tend to be dropped.
*Stimuli that occur close together in time will come to
elicit the same response; for example, air puffs and a
bell ringing will both elicit blinking.*
Learning
Ans: the change of behavior as a result or function of
experience.
- explain personality in terms of the learning process
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- implies everyone should behave the same in the same
environment or situation
Behaviorism Definition
Ans: study of how a person's behavior is a direct result
of his environment, particularly the rewards and
punishments that the environment contains
Components of Behaviorism
Ans: - people should be studied from the outside
- personality is the sum of everything a person does
- Belief that the causes of behavior can be directly
observed
- Goal: functional analysis
- Everything a person does and is, is learned though
experience
Behaviorism: People should be studied from the outside
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Ans: All knowledge worth having comes from direct,
public observation; introspection is not valid because it
cannot be verified; environment is what's important.
Behaviorism: Personality is the sum of everything a person
does
Ans: does not include anything that cannot be directly
observed (traits, unconscious conflicts, etc.); internal
processes are not seen as important
Behaviorism: Belief that the causes of behavior can be
directly observed
Ans: because the causes are in the environment
(rewards and punishments in the physical and social
world)
Functional analysis definition
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Ans: determining how behavior is a function of one's
environment
Habituation
Ans: a decrease in responsiveness with each repeated
exposure to something.
- Simplest form of behavior change
- it can have important consequences
The impact of major life events lessens over time
Important Consequences of Habituation
Ans: Become numb to violence displayed in the media:
exposure is related to more aggression and less empath
Effects of habitation on happiness or sadness overtime?
Exam 3 Personality Psychology: Chapter
14 Personality Processes Questions and
Correct Answers
Learning-Based Approaches: Two Simple Ideas
Ans: •Stimuli that occur close together in time will
come to elicit the same response.
•Behaviors followed by pleasant outcomes tend to be
repeated; behaviors followed by unpleasant outcomes
tend to be dropped.
*Stimuli that occur close together in time will come to
elicit the same response; for example, air puffs and a
bell ringing will both elicit blinking.*
Learning
Ans: the change of behavior as a result or function of
experience.
- explain personality in terms of the learning process
,Page 2
- implies everyone should behave the same in the same
environment or situation
Behaviorism Definition
Ans: study of how a person's behavior is a direct result
of his environment, particularly the rewards and
punishments that the environment contains
Components of Behaviorism
Ans: - people should be studied from the outside
- personality is the sum of everything a person does
- Belief that the causes of behavior can be directly
observed
- Goal: functional analysis
- Everything a person does and is, is learned though
experience
Behaviorism: People should be studied from the outside
,Page 3
Ans: All knowledge worth having comes from direct,
public observation; introspection is not valid because it
cannot be verified; environment is what's important.
Behaviorism: Personality is the sum of everything a person
does
Ans: does not include anything that cannot be directly
observed (traits, unconscious conflicts, etc.); internal
processes are not seen as important
Behaviorism: Belief that the causes of behavior can be
directly observed
Ans: because the causes are in the environment
(rewards and punishments in the physical and social
world)
Functional analysis definition
, Page 4
Ans: determining how behavior is a function of one's
environment
Habituation
Ans: a decrease in responsiveness with each repeated
exposure to something.
- Simplest form of behavior change
- it can have important consequences
The impact of major life events lessens over time
Important Consequences of Habituation
Ans: Become numb to violence displayed in the media:
exposure is related to more aggression and less empath
Effects of habitation on happiness or sadness overtime?
