AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Pain tolerance is largely a result of the effects of endorphins and other neurochemicals.
A
Humanistic
B
Cognitive
C
Biological
D
Evolutionary
E
Socio-Cultural
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pain tolerance is largely a result of the effects of endorphins and other neurochemicals. Pain tolerance is influenced by expectancies and interpretation of experiences. Behavior is powerfully influenced by its consequences, in the form of reinforcement and punishment.

Detailed explanation-2: -The behavioral perspective belongs to a school of thought known as behaviorism or behavioral theory. Behavioral theory is the overarching analysis of human behavior focused on examining a person’s environment and learned associations.

Detailed explanation-3: -B. F. Skinner (1904-1990) was a behaviorist, who through the development of his Skinner Box, described operant conditioning in which a subject learns to associate a behavioral response with an environmental outcome.

Detailed explanation-4: -Behavior is powerfully influenced by its consequences, in the form of reinforcement and punishment. Behavior may be the product of unconscious conflict and anxiety. Basic facial expressions of emotion are universal across many cultures.

Detailed explanation-5: -The cognitive perspective is a way of understanding the actions of an individual. The actions are believed to be based upon the memory as well as the feelings that an individual has gone through in their past.

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