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SUNY Potsdam William Hermon
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
04/08/2013

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Behavioristic psychology relies upon depth psychology or the psychoanalytic concepts of unconscious motivation to explain behavior. True or false?
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False
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Behavioristic psychology is more concerned about intrinsic motivation than extrinsic motivation. True or False?
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False
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Attribution theory relies upon the explanations of self-concept, reinforcement, self-esteem, and punishment to explain success and failure experiences in life. True or false?
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False
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Fear of failure tends to promote the use of defensive behaviors. True or false?
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true
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The motive to avoid failure and fear of failure are two terms for the same theoretical construct of personality that leads to repeated failure rather than success. True or false?
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true
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In traditional approaches to learning in contrast to mastery learning, traditional approaches focus upon competition in a situation where only a few students can earn high grades in class. True or false
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True
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The motive to avoid failure promotes success, since in this personality mode a student can learn from his/her educational experiences
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false
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The motive to approach success promotes success, since in this personality mode a student is less defensive and able to learn from his/her educational experiences
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true
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The behavioristic view relies upon defense mechanisms to explain behavior
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false
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What makes defense mechanisms unique is the fact that they function only at the conscious level and have no unconscious basis
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false
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When teachers think about their students as having "blank slates" when they enter a classroom, this promotes the construction of knowledge according to the cognitive viewpoint
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false
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A teacher who employs primarily intuition when teaching is highly likely to be patient and understanding when students have difficulty learning
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false
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Albert Bandura started out as a behavioristic psychologist with his Bobo Doll study and eventually became a cognitive psychologist by studying self-efficacy.
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true
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Abraham Maslow was a cognitive psychologist because he tended to focus upon self-esteem and mental health
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false
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Cognitive psychologists believe that unconscious processes are essential for understanding human behavior
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false
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Kounin believed that using harsh punishment was the key to improving student learning.
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false
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According to Kounin,effective classroom managers were more overactive than proactive
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false
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Ausubel's advance organizers help students learn primarily by rote rather than helping students make mental connections between ideas and concepts
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False
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Need for achievement is another term in achievement motivation theory for the motive to approach success and such a personality trait usually leads to success experiences.
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true
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Trait personality theory tends to best explain the inconsistencies in our behaviors across different situations
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false
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