Tarpley and Schroeder Attempted to Reduce Face-Slapping in an 8-Year-Old

question 22

Multiple Choice

Tarpley and Schroeder attempted to reduce face-slapping in an 8-year-old boy by providing food when the boy played with a ball. The result was that face-slapping __________.

• A) decreased by 40% in two hours
• B) decreased by 60% in one hour
• C) decreased by 90% in 40 minutes
• D) increased by 50% in 20 minutes

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Definitions:

Carl Rogers

An influential American psychologist who founded the humanistic approach to psychology, emphasizing the importance of the self and the individual's potential for self-growth.

Transference

A phenomenon in psychotherapy wherein the feelings, desires, and expectations of the patient towards significant people in their life are redirected or applied to the therapist.

Countertransference

involves the redirection of a therapist's feelings and attitudes from their own personal background towards a client.

Reactance

A motivational reaction to offers, persons, rules, or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms.