Psychology Answers

In the theory on psychological well-being, the term "sense of coherence" refers to

______.

A. protected use of strengths

B. positive, absorbed commitment

C. enduring confidence to cope

D. confidence in capacities to achieve, like self-efficacy

Based on Antonovsky’s concept of salutogenesis, counsellors will try to facilitate

awareness within employees who experience emotional and other problems in

order to find the power within themselves and in their environments which they

may have utilised in the past and in other circumstances to enable them to

function and perform well. This process of having resistance in difficult times can

be referred to as ______.

A. learned resourcefulness

B. non-specific action

C. thought-action tendency

D. generalised resistance resource

Which one of the concepts of psychological and social well-being in the four

alternatives explains the behaviour and attitude of the person in the following

example? “Cecilia finds that contributing effectively to her community is a great

source of comfort to her”.

A. Social contribution

B. Self-acceptance

C. Social actualisation

D. Social coherence

Linda and Thomas are surprised about how much their new born baby, Nicky, likes to drink her bottle. Every time she cries for her bottle, they put a burp cloth under her chin moments before they give her the bottle to drink. They have noticed that Nicky stops crying when they put the cloth under her chin.

In the above example, what is the unconditioned response?

A. crying because she is hungry for her bottle

B. putting the burp cloth under the chin

C. crying stops when she gets the burp cloth

D. crying stops because she is being fed

which domain describes the self as a product of biological process

In the field of public relations , social media has become a very important tool, identify any two social media platforms and discuss how they have been usedin public relations activities using real life examples

Write down 4: (each) that a life skill teacher should consider

1. Educational implications regarding attachment?

2. Educational implications regarding psychosocial development?

James is an employee in your organisation who experiences problems with his

supervisor. He constantly rebels against authority and acts emotional and

aggressive. An industrial and organisational psychologist using assumptions from

the socio-behaviourist perspective explained that ______.

A.

James is frustrated because he has not reached an optimal level of

functioning.

B.

James uses defence mechanisms that remain outside of his awareness.

C.

James never experienced the support of a close-knit community.

D.

James learned his aggressive behaviour through his environment.

What is meant by the concept “reinforcement”?

A.

When a stimulus presented before a specific behaviour increases the

probability of the occurrence of that specific behaviour

B.

When a stimulus increases the intensity of the probability of the occurrence

of that specific behaviour

C.

When a stimulus presented after a specific behaviour increases the rate or

probability of that behaviour

D.

When a stimulus presented simultaneously to a specific behaviour increases

the probability of that behaviour

Observational learning is also known as ______

A.

manipulation.

B.

modelling.

C.

operant conditioning.

D.

classical conditioning.