A father suggests that his son's low marks in school are due to the child's laziness. The father has made

a. an external attribution.
b. a distinctive attribution.
c. an internal attribution.
d. a situational attribution.


C

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A. 100 B. 75 C. 65 D. 50

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Which one of the following is not necessary to the systematic desensitization procedure?

a. learning to relax b. identifying unconscious conflicts c. making an anxiety hierarchy d. imagining and relaxing while moving up and down the anxiety hierarchy

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a. 99.87%. c. 85.87%. b. 90.87%. d. 95.87%.

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