Evolutionary Mechanisms: Adaptive Problems and Solutions

What is the primary goal of negative reinforcement?

What is the scheduling of reinforcement where the first response after a set time period is reinforced?

What is the term for being aware of one's own consciousness?

What is the result of random or accidental behaviors that happen to be rewarded?

What is the term for the underlying drives that influence behavior?

What type of behavior is characterized by automatic and unconscious responses?

What is the process of self-observation of performance and judgmental evaluation of one's actions called?

According to Cognitive Social Learning Theory, what do people see as moving them in the direction of a goal?

What is the term for a type of fear that is strong enough and pervasive enough to have severe debilitating effects on one's daily life?

What is the underlying process that has produced solutions to the basic problems of life?

What is the term for the process of separating oneself from the negative consequences of one's behavior?

Which type of selection occurs when humans select particular desirable traits in a breeding species?

What can occur when people set their goals too high and are likely to fail?

What is the term for a type of behavior that is learned through the mutual interaction of the person, cognitive, environment, and behavioral factors?

What is the primary difference between natural selection and artificial selection?

What is the main function of adaptations in the context of evolution?

What is the primary characteristic of psychological mechanisms?

What is the term for traits that happen as a result of adaptations but are not part of the functional design?

What is the term used to describe the possibility that a particular response will occur at a given time and place in relation to its likely reinforcement?

Which of the following needs is characterized by the desire to control the behavior of others?

What is the term used to describe a person's confidence that a particular reinforcement will follow a specific behavior in a specific situation or situations?

Which of the following is an example of internal reinforcement?

What is the term used to describe the part of the external and internal world to which a person is responding?

What is the concept that suggests that the value of an event is a function of one's expectation that a particular reinforcement will lead to future reinforcements?

What is the primary concept of the Choice Corollary in Personal Construct Theory?

According to the Range Corollary, what is the limitation of constructs?

What is the outcome of experiences according to the Experience Corollary?

What is the core role related to in Personal Construct Theory?

What is Abnormal Development Threat related to in Personal Construct Theory?

What is guilt related to in Personal Construct Theory?