Consider the various ways that you and other students try to manage and prevent stress. What does this suggest about how clients’ natural relaxation and stress management tendencies can be assessed and utilized?
What will be an ideal response?
This list could be endless, but below are some common ways that people relax. Students are generally reluctant to admit to any of their own “illegal” or socially unacceptable relaxation practices in the context of a class discussion, but the instructor should encourage self-disclosure to illustrate that such things as drugs, sex, and alcohol are also stress relieving.
• Reading
• Music
• Exercise
• Television
• Hobbies
• Outside interests
• Spiritual pursuits
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a. biophysical b. psychological c. social d. spiritual
Ron and Sue had a baby in the hopes of saving their marriage. The baby, however, is fussy and demanding. Lack of
sleep has intensified the tension between the couple. The more they fight, the more demanding the baby becomes. The more the baby demands, the more the couple argues. This is an example of
a. marital problems. b. the transactional family pattern. c. circular family influences. d. infant responsiveness.
Describe how motivation might impact memory.
What will be an ideal response?
Dr. Michaels is conducting a large longitudinal study of elementary-aged children born in 2009. He is using multiple interviewers, so a(n) _______ structure is ideal for collecting consistent data
A) semistandardized interview B) standardized interview C) creative interview D) unstandardized interview