What is an alternate explanation (besides Freud's) of Hank’s eating and argumentative behaviors?
What will be an ideal response?
One possible explanation from a behaviorist perspective is that he was reinforced for being loud as a child by receiving food and attention. His weight may also be partly genetically determined.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. reducing the early identification of suicide attempters b. increasing the lethality of the methods that suicide attempters choose c. increasing the sense of depression among adolescents d. generating copycat suicides
Which of the following is the most significant barrier to getting an alcoholic into treatment?
a. The availability of alcohol b. The detoxification process c. Overcoming denial d. Finding a suitable treatment program
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a. folk b. people’s c. superstitious d. vernacular