Discuss the criteria for involuntary commitment.
What will be an ideal response?
Key terms and concepts that may be included in student responses:
? Grave disability-the individual is so incapacitated by a mental disorder that he/she can't care for basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter
? Dangerousness to self-the individual is imminently suicidal
? Dangerousness to others-the individual is likely to hurt other people if set free
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A. anger B. bargaining C. denial D. depression
According to Freud, many accidents are
A. caused by the death instinct. B. unconsciously motivated. C. a type of defense mechanism. D. repressed immediately.
After being in a dark room for a while, you can see much better than you could when you walked in. This is known as
a. desensitization. c. virtual stabilization. b. sensitization. d. motion imaging.
According to Erikson, what would be the main goal for Betsy to achieve in infancy?
a. to crawl and then walk b. to start to speak c. to start to regulate her emotions d. to trust