EPPP Cognitive-Affective Behavior Bases 4

Question 1

The concept of 'learned helplessness' introduced by Seligman is most directly related to which cognitive attribution pattern?

Accepted Answer

Internal, stable, global attributions for failure

Answer

Learned helplessness is most likely when failures are attributed to internal (personal), stable (permanent), and global (affecting all areas) causes.

Question 2

Which brain structure is most critically implicated in the consolidation of fear memories and the conditioned fear response?

Accepted Answer

Amygdala

Answer

The amygdala plays a central role in acquiring, storing, and expressing conditioned fear responses.

Question 3

Cognitive load theory suggests that instruction is most effective when it minimizes:

Accepted Answer

Extraneous load caused by poor instructional design

Answer

Extraneous (ineffective) cognitive load stems from poor instructional design and should be minimized to free working memory capacity for learning.

Question 4

According to Gross's process model of emotion regulation, cognitive reappraisal is classified as an antecedent-focused strategy because it:

Accepted Answer

Modifies the emotional meaning of a situation before the full response unfolds

Answer

Cognitive reappraisal occurs early in the emotion-generative process, changing the appraisal of a situation before a full emotional response is elicited.

Question 5

Which phenomenon describes the tendency for mild emotional arousal from an irrelevant source to be misattributed to and intensify judgment about an unrelated target?

Accepted Answer

Excitation transfer

Answer

Excitation transfer (Zillmann) occurs when residual physiological arousal from one source is misattributed to a subsequent emotionally relevant event, amplifying the response.

EPPP - Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology Practice Test

EPPP - Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology Practice Test

EPPP Cognitive-Affective Behavior Bases 4