In this textbook, ______ is a set of structured, interrelated ideas that represent a system of postulates, data, and inferences which provide a meaningful description of the human condition which has direct implications for understanding what constitutes mental health and the ways mental health can be fostered.
A. theory
B. hypothesis
C. approach to therapy
D. therapist–client relationship
A. theory
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a. athletic competence b. likeability by peers c. attachment to family d. physical appearance
What is a daily gratitude journal?
What will be an ideal response?
A counselor is running a parents' group when the topic of spanking as a disciplinary technique is raised. What is the most accurate statement based on research that the counselor can offer?
a. Spanking is one of a variety of techniques that are effective in teaching prosocial skills to children. b. Spanking should be used with young children for potentially dangerous kinds of misbehavior like running across a street because it is the only thing they understand under the circumstances. c. Spanking is the best way to discipline young children but only when it is accompanied by a hug or some show of affection afterward. d. Spanking may gain immediate compliance, but it does not aid development of self-regulation and it may increases a child's aggressiveness.
Mowrer's (1947) notion that classically conditioned anxiety functions as the drive stimulus that activates an avoidance response, while the anxiety reduction functions to reinforce the instrumental avoidance is known as:
a. operant conditioning. c. the two-factor theory of learning. b. classical conditioning. d. instrumental conditioning.