Descent Groups Are Associated with All of the Following Except

question 59

Multiple Choice

Descent groups are associated with all of the following except:

• A)they provide social security for the elderly members.
• B)they promote harmony through worship of ancestors.
• C)they play a role in arranging marriages for members.
• D)they make all laws for the state.
• E)they are economic units providing aid.

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Definitions:

Contingency Management

A behavior change strategy often used in therapy to reinforce positive behaviors and reduce undesirable ones through rewards or consequences.

Counterconditioning

A therapy technique used to replace an unwanted behavior or response with a desired one by associating the behavior with a new, more positive stimulus.

Cognitive Therapy

A form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the importance of changing maladaptive thinking patterns in order to change feelings and behaviors.

Beck

Aaron Beck, a psychiatrist known for developing Cognitive Therapy (CT), which later evolved into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), focusing on identifying and changing negative thought patterns.