Angela has constant short-lived bouts of feels of abject ter…
Angela has constant short-lived bouts of feels of abject terror. Seemingly without warning, she’ll begin to sweat and tremble, her heart will start racing, she’ll feel dizzy and lightheaded, and she’ll generally feel as if she might be dying. Which psychological disorder best matches the description of Angela above?
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A local hockey league wants to decrease the chances that players will fight with one another. Previously in the league there was no penalty for fighting. This season the league has instituted a rule that if players fight one another, they are given a 5-minute penalty (where they are taken off the ice and have to sit in the penalty box; *note* you should view this as having their ability to play taken away from them). The league finds that after the rule change, players became far less likely to fight one another. This would be an example of what type of operant conditioning?
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There are two art professors at a local community college. In Mr. Johnston’s class, every week students are given a specific item that they have to draw, paint, or sculpt. In Mrs. Pepper’s class, students are given a broad description of what item they should draw, paint, or sculpt, but they are told to pick the specific item that they will produce for themselves. Based upon Self-Determination Theory, what basic need might Mrs. Pepper’s class satisfy more so than Mr. Johnston’s class?
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