Question

Define and explain how each of the following influences behavior. Provide an example for each.

Answer 1

Answer:

All are psychological behaviors explained below.

Explanation:

• Learned helplessness is a behavior given by the subject after the continue repetition that is beyond there control and the subject seems to be powerless. Ex escape from the running train or a cyclone.

• An optimistic attribution style is how the people explain themselves in an event that is either negative or positive. Such as wrong choices in life and can be pervasive.

• External locus of control is that success or failure results from the external factors like the luck, faith, and circumstances and bias. Ex a teacher who seems to be unfair to the student.

• Self-serving bias is a tendency of the pol to attribute the positive aspects to there own lives and the negative ones to others or external factors. Ex is of Self-esteem of a person.