For Existential Therapists, Resistance Occurs When Clients

question 37

Multiple Choice

For existential therapists, resistance occurs when clients

• A)do not take responsibility for their own lives.
• B)fail to follow the therapist's instructions.
• C)have unconscious feelings of anger towards the therapist.
• D)repress memories of traumatic childhood events.

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural response to a stimulus that occurs without any need for prior learning or conditioning.

Reflexive Response

A biological reaction to a stimulus that is instinctive and does not require conscious thought.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus through conditioning.

Conditional Reinforcement

Conditional reinforcement is the process by which a stimulus reinforces a behavior only when it is paired with a primary reinforcer or another strong reinforcer.