Which of the Following Is a Key Tenet of Behavior

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a key tenet of behavior therapy?

• A) Unhealthy behaviors are easily adjusted with appropriate medications.
• B) Maladaptive or pathological behaviors are not a sign of a problem. They are the problem.
• C) Awareness of our own motivations is all that is needed to improve and increase adaptive behaviors.
• D) Our behaviors are socially constructed, so when they are pathological and maladaptive they must be socially deconstructed.

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Definitions:

Degree Of Retardation

A measure of the extent of intellectual disability or delay in an individual's cognitive development relative to population norms.

Cognitive Universalism

Theory that concepts are universal and influence the development of language.

Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

The theory suggesting that the structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview or cognition.

Terman's Study

A longitudinal research project led by Lewis Terman that began in 1921 to study intellectual and personal development of gifted children over their lifespan.