A government initiative in your city claims that its goal is to reduce factors such as unemployment, racism, sexism, and violence, so that the resulting mental disorders associated with those factors can also be reduced. The goal of this program from a community psychology perspective would best be described as __________.
A. primary prevention
B. secondary prevention
C. tertiary prevention
D. concurrent prevention
Answer: A
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Punishment does not involve an extinction burst
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. ?the part of the brain involved in this type of processing does not operate at the highest level of logical thought b. ?our expectations can strongly influence what we perceive c. ?it is based on concrete thinking rather than abstract thinking d. ?there is typically no background information to support such processing
New learning that works in the opposite direction from the original learning results in ________
a. shaping b. generalization c. spontaneous recovery d. extinction