Chuan Decides to Go to a Bar on a Friday

question 66

Multiple Choice

Chuan decides to go to a bar on a Friday night. Initially, Chuan is very happy to spend a night out. However, at the bar, he accidentally bumps into another man and spills his drink. This man becomes very angry, because he infers that Chuan intentionally knocked into him in order to spill his drink. In this scenario, what is the best example of a causal attribution?

• A) Chuan's act of bumping into the man
• B) Chuan's decision to go out for the night
• C) the other man's inference that Chuan deliberately knocked him over
• D) the happiness Chuan feels at the beginning of the night

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Definitions:

Contingency Management

A behavioral therapy technique that rewards or punishes individuals for their behaviors, often used in addiction treatment to encourage sobriety.

Detoxification Procedures

Medical or therapeutic measures taken to remove toxic substances or effects of substances from a person's body, commonly associated with substance abuse recovery.

Withdrawal Symptoms

Physical or mental symptoms that occur after stopping or reducing intake of a substance that was used regularly.

Treatment Success

The effective resolution or significant improvement of symptoms following a specified therapeutic intervention.