A psychologist states that "Juan's abnormal behavior is likely due to a combination of biology and inadequate interpersonal skills.". The psychologist is ____

a. predicting the future symptoms of Juan
b. giving Juan a psychodiagnosis
c. offering an explanation for Juan's problem
d. describing how to control Juan's symptoms


c

Psychology

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Bolger et al.(1989) first recognized and defined two specific types of stress contagion:

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a. perceptual set b. cognitive threshold c. perceptual orientation d. sensory bias

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a. figure out what positive outcome the person is aiming for. b. investigate who taught them the behavior. c. relating it to our own value system. d. define it as a "good" or "bad" value.

Psychology