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Briefly discuss the implications of interactionism for understanding personality problems.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Little Tommy cleans his room. His mom gives him a dollar so that he can buy himself a treat from the ice cream truck. This is an example of __________.
 
  a. positive reinforcement
  b. negative reinforcement
  c. positive punishment
  d. negative punishment



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Answer to Question 1

The basic idea in interactionism is that individual differences are important in some situations but not in others. Think of traits as a vulnerability or susceptibility to a particular problem, i.e., the problem occurs more easily for one person than another. In terms of interactionism, there are situations in which susceptibility matters and others in which it does not.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A: positive reinforcement



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