Why might kids with ADHD be able to watch TV for hours but not be able to focus on a writing assignment for more than a few minutes?
What will be an ideal response?
Dysregulation of the mesolimbic pathway might explain this. Watching TV might have immediate, salient reinforcements (such as jokes or action sequences); in contrast, writing an essay has delayed and less salient reinforcement. To increase these desired behaviors, perhaps increasing the reinforcement (both in terms of immediacy and frequency) would help.
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Which is not one of the three main steps of grounding?
a. A speaker presents some new information. b. An addressee indicates or displays that he or she understood the new information (or not). c. The addressee repairs any misunderstanding. d. The speaker acknowledges that the addressee understood correctly (or not).
Counselors who are culturally encapsulated:
a. tend to be more sensitive to the differences in worldview that may exist in therapeutic relationships. b. hold sets of cultural assumptions that tend to be more inclusive of other perspectives than non-culturally encapsulated counselors. c. rarely recognize the need to test the validity of their personal presuppositions. d. have had significant life experiences in multicultural contexts.
Stimulus control (SC)and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) have been shown to be effective for clients with
a) Body dysmorphic disorder b) Trichotillomania c) Hoarding disorder d) Excoriation (skin picking) disorder
Which of the following is true about the FYI, which is a part of the ASVAB CEP?
a. It helps students determine what they like to do rather than what they can do. b. It uses scales similar to the COPSystem. c. The instrument focuses on abilities rather than interests. d. Currently applicable to the military, there are plans to have the ASVAB introduced to the general public in the next few years. e. None of these is true.