Therapists Who Take a Reinforcement Approach While Treating a Conversion

question 164

Multiple Choice

Therapists who take a reinforcement approach while treating a conversion disorder would be MOST likely to focus on:

• A) identifying underlying emotional causes for the disorder.
• B) helping the patient gain insight into how the disorder is reinforcing.
• C) reducing the rewards available for displaying the disorder.
• D) replacing the primary gain with a secondary gain.

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