A-AS Level (CIE) Psychology: Specimen Questions with Answers 192 - 194 of 299
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Question 192
Explanation
Positive Reinforcement Can be Defined As
- Occurrence of a behavior
- Followed by the addition of a stimulus or increase in the intensity of a stimulus
- Results in the strengthening of the behavior
Negative Reinforcement Can be Defined As
- Occurrence of a behavior
- Followed by the removal of a stimulus or decrease in the intensity of a stimulus
- Results in the strengthening of the behavior
Question 193
Explanation
Inferiority feelings- The normal condition of all people; the source of all human striving
Inferiority complex- A condition that develops when a person is unable to compensate for normal inferiority feelings
Question 194
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Short Answer▾Describe errors in attribution
- What is fundamental attribution error? (2 Marks)
- Define halo effect (2 Marks)
Explanation
- People when acting as raters of others, tend to attribute the behavior they view as indicative of stable trait dispositions but when acting as self-raters they tend to perceive their own behavior as more affected by specific situational influences.
- Halo effect is the phenomenon in which the initial familiarity that a person has positive traits is used to infer other uniformly positive characteristics.
