Ch 5 Lab Conditioning
... Situation #4 Johnny has developed a habit of yelling “BYE MOM!” and then slamming the door very loudly in his hurry to leave for school in the morning. The door slam causes his mother to flinch. After several days of the procedure, Johnny’s mother begins to flinch at the sound of her son’s words, ‘ ...
... Situation #4 Johnny has developed a habit of yelling “BYE MOM!” and then slamming the door very loudly in his hurry to leave for school in the morning. The door slam causes his mother to flinch. After several days of the procedure, Johnny’s mother begins to flinch at the sound of her son’s words, ‘ ...
Reflection Paper
... computer program, asked to identify their support or opposition to each candidate, and then filled out an 11-point likert-type measure to quantify their support or opposition from “strongly oppose” to “strongly support”. Immediately following this, each participant was exposed to an article describ ...
... computer program, asked to identify their support or opposition to each candidate, and then filled out an 11-point likert-type measure to quantify their support or opposition from “strongly oppose” to “strongly support”. Immediately following this, each participant was exposed to an article describ ...
Operant and Cognitive Learning
... Skinner – thought this was nonsense Tolman – studied rats in mazes and felt that rats could learn trough observation, not just reward (cognitive maps) Bandura ...
... Skinner – thought this was nonsense Tolman – studied rats in mazes and felt that rats could learn trough observation, not just reward (cognitive maps) Bandura ...
Negative affectivity
Negative affectivity (NA) is a personality variable that involves the experience of negative emotions and poor self-concept. Negative affectivity subsumes a variety of negative emotions, including anger, contempt, disgust, guilt, and fear, and nervousness. Low negative affectivity is characterized by frequent states of calmness and serenity, along with states of confidence, activeness, and great enthusiasm.Individuals differ in negative emotional reactivity. Trait negative affectivity roughly corresponds to the dominant personality factor of anxiety/neuroticism that is found within the Big Five personality traits as emotional stability. The Big Five are characterized as openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Neuroticism can plague an individual with severe mood swings, frequent sadness, worry, and also being easily disturbed. Research shows that negative affectivity relates to different classes of variables: Self-reported stress and (poor) coping skills, health complaints, and frequency of unpleasant events. Weight gain and mental health complaints are often experienced as well.People who express high negative affectivity view themselves and a variety of aspects of the world around them in generally negative terms. Negative affectivity is strongly related to life satisfaction. Individuals high in negative affect will exhibit, on average, higher levels of distress, anxiety, and dissatisfaction, and tend to focus on the unpleasant aspects of themselves, the world, the future, and other people, and also evoke more negative life events. The similarities between these affective traits and life satisfaction have led some researchers to view both positive and negative affect with life satisfaction as specific indicators of the broader construct of subjective well-being.Negative affect arousal mechanisms can induce negative affective states as evidenced by a study conducted by Stanley S. Seidner on negative arousal and white noise. The study quantified reactions from Mexican and Puerto Rican participants in response to the devaluation of speakers from other ethnic origins.