1. My family members are sources of stress. When they call me, it usually means
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1. My family members are sources of stress. When they call me, it usually means there is a horrible problem they want me to fix. Because of that, I feel a rush of fear when my phone rings. "Please not them, please not them," I think as I check the caller ID. My whole body relaxes once I see someone else is calling. I'm thinking about setting my phone so it has a special ringtone whenever my family members call. That way, I wouldn't feel stressed every time my phone rings. I would also be able to decide immediately whether to answer, without even looking at my phone. However, I'm not certain that setting a special ringtone is a good idea. If I decide to use a special ringtone for my family, I know which tone I will use. In classical conditioning terms, right now that tone is a. an unconditioned stimulus b. a neutral stimulus c. a conditioned stimulus d. a conditioned response 2. Using a special ringtone won't remove the fear I feel whenever the phone rings. It would probably take a long time for me to stop responding to the current tone with fear. Even then, the current tone would still freak me out once in a while, thanks to a. spontaneous recovery b. the generalization of conditioned stimuli c. implicit learning d. extinction 3. My family gives me stress, but when I don't hear from them for a while, I start worrying. The only way to make my mind peaceful again is to give them a call. In that sense, I guess you could say that talking to my family is a kind of a. positive punisher b. negative punisher c. positive reinforcer d. negative reinforcer 4. Some stressors can't be avoided. They're ABC just a part of life. I wish I could say that about my family's problems, but I can't. Most of my family's problems are caused by their own poor decisions and poor behaviors. My close relatives are quite low in a. externalization b. heuristic thinking c. self-regulation d. fluid intelligenceExplanation / Answer
1. The correct answer is Option A. The special ringtone will be a conditioned stimulus. In classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus (which is your family), eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response (which is the stress).
2. The correct answer is Option A. The general ringtone would freak you out because if spontaneous recovery. Spontaneous recovery refers to the re-emergence of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a delay.
3. The correct answer is Option D. Talking to your family is a negative reinforcer. In negative reinforcement, a response (talking to your family) is strengthened by avoiding a negative outcome (worry about the family).
4. The correct answer is Option C. Your relatives appear to be low on self-regulation as they are unable to manage their decisions and behaviours.
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