When Rob Sat Down with Pat to Discuss Their Relational

question 16

Multiple Choice

When Rob sat down with Pat to discuss their relational separation,Pat began by bringing up old issues and problems that had long since been addressed.Pat is engaging in

• A) power distance.
• B) sniping.
• C) escalation.
• D) dirty secrets.
• E) kitchen sinking.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process by which the consequences of an action affect the likelihood of its occurrence in the future, central to behavioral psychology.

Imitation

The action of using someone or something as a model and attempting to replicate their behavior, actions, or attributes.

Operant Conditioning

A teaching mechanism in which the intensity of an action is altered through positive reinforcement or negative consequences.

Classical Conditioning

An educational method where a response becomes conditioned by pairing an external trigger with an inherently occurring trigger, resulting in conditioned behavior.