Charles is a chronic sex offender in treatment. After being given electric shocks whenever he
became sexually aroused to deviant stimuli, his arousal to those stimuli diminished.
What
additional forms of treatment is he likely to need in order to be effectively treated?
What will be an ideal response?
He will need to develop sexual arousal to acceptable stimuli. Treatment involves
imagining appropriate stimuli when he masturbates. Cognitive restructuring is also useful
in challenging the distorted thinking in most sex offenders. Social skill training in reading
the women's nonverbal cues is also important, especially in the treatment of rapists.
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a. His wife recently died b. He is experiencing generativity. c. He just retired. d. He has recently lost his social convoy.
Samuela never pays attention in class or studies, and tends to fail most of the tests she takes in school. However, she constantly looks for opportunities to cheat during tests; she looks at her neighbors' answers and then writes down what she sees, assuming that her neighbors know the test material better than she does. In these cases, Samuela's test answers are based on ____
a. normative influence b. informational influence c. implicit social norms d. elaboration likelihood
Derek is frustrated that his 1 ½-year-old dog does not let him know when he needs to go outside to urinate. Sometimes he comes home to find a mess near the door. Which training method is most likely to be successful?
a. ?Derek takes his dog outside on a fixed schedule and gives him a treat when they return to the house, whether he urinated or not. b. ?Derek takes his dog over to the mess, puts the dog’s nose near it so he smells it, and tells him “bad dog, don’t do this again!” c. ?If Derek comes home and finds a mess by the door, he ignores his dog for an hour. d. ?Derek takes his dog outside on a fixed schedule and promptly gives him a treat for urinating outside.
The Medicare hospice benefit
a. pays most of its benefits directly to hospice programs b. emphasizes home care c. offers reimbursement on a prospective, flat-rate basis d. all of these e. none of these