A psychologist is working with a child who becomes aggressive when he is teased by other children. The psychologist uses role plays involving examples of the problem situations that the child may face, in order to teach the child the appropriate skills necessary to deal with any situation that may arise. Which strategy for promoting generalization is being used?
a. modifying natural contingencies of reinforcement and punishment
b. incorporating a variety of relevant stimulus situations in training
c. incorporating self-generated mediators of generalization
d. training skills that contact natural contingencies of reinforcement
b
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There is debate as to the relationship between DID and abuse because __________.
A. few of those who develop dissociative identity disorder have a history of abuse B. there is little evidence of a link between trauma and psychopathology C. other factors correlated with abuse may be the true causal factors in dissociative identity disorder D. most reports of abuse are faked
As discussed in the text, one of the unfortunate results of the popular coverage of false memory syndrome cases has been the
a. reduction in sensitivity to actual child abuse. b. complete mistrust of all psychiatrists. c. ban on psychologists testifying in court cases. d. increased use of Amytal ("truth drug") to verify cases of abuse.
Those who are diagnosed as “antisocial,” and those who are diagnosed as “borderline” are similar in that they both have a(n) ____ disorder.?
a. ?personality b. ?somatoform c. ?anxiety d. ?dissociative
By ages 15 to 18, adolescents' rapidly developing cognitive abilities, along with their social skills and physical abilities, make them valuable __________.
A. workers B. students C. voters D. shoppers