Motivational interviewing is a directive, patient-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by:

a. dictating to patients on what they must do to get better.
b. helping patients to understand their psyche.
c. helping patients to explore and resolve ambivalence.
d. helping patients to vent their frustrations with their chronic illness.


C

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a) altered states. b) neurobiology. c) subjective experience. d) behaviorism.

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A. opponent-process B. trichromatic C. frequency D. place

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A. the patellar reflex B. the withdrawal of a limb in response to pain C. secretion of saliva D. the monosynaptic stretch reflex

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