Exam 21: Case Studies 39-44

Social anxiety can create a cycle of social isolation and increased social anxiety.How can the avoidant behaviors of socially anxious people create social isolation? What types of behaviors does Claire engage in that create her loneliness?

Use Skinner's radical behaviorism to explain Claire's behavior.

What aspect of Seligman's theory is related to Bandura's theory?

According to Seligman, is Angela's concern that Malik will wreck Kiara's optimism a valid concern?

Use Seligman's concepts of learned helplessness, learned optimism and explanatory style to explain Kiara and Malik's behavior by answering the following questions. -Compare and contrast Seligman's concepts of learned helplessness and learned optimism.Has Kiara learned to be helpless or optimistic? Malik? Explain.

Why does Emilio become quiet or repeat what someone else has said when talking with more than a couple people?

Quincy is uncertain whether Darren's repeated pattern of giving up, when he faces an obstacle, is due to an inherited trait or due to learning.According to Seligman, how does this behavior pattern develop? Is it likely to be inherited or learned?