Reward Seeking and Sensation Seeking

question 20

Multiple Choice

Reward seeking and sensation seeking

• A) are equally high during childhood and adolescence.
• B) are lower during adolescence than childhood.
• C) are caused by biological forces during adolescence and environmental forces in childhood.
• D) are higher during adolescence than they were in childhood.

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Definitions:

Contingency Management

A type of behavioral therapy that utilizes reward and punishment to reinforce desirable behaviors and reduce undesirable ones.

Motivational Interviewing

A counseling approach that helps people resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior.

Pros And Cons

The advantages (pros) and disadvantages (cons) of a particular decision, policy, or action, weighed to make a balanced assessment.

Antabuse

A medication used in the treatment of alcoholism that causes an adverse reaction when alcohol is consumed, deterring individuals from drinking.