The Topic Sentence Below Is Followed by a Brainstormed List

question 18

Multiple Choice

The topic sentence below is followed by a brainstormed list of possible ideas for a paragraph. Decide which ideas support the topic sentence and should be kept and which ideas should be dropped. Select "keep" or "drop" for each idea. Topic sentence: Gilberto learned how to play the trumpet, but it took a long time.
His mother complained when he didn't practice.

• A) Keep
• B) Drop

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Definitions:

Insight Therapy

A form of psychotherapy that aims to increase a patient's awareness of underlying motives and defenses to facilitate change.

Aversive Conditioning

A type of behavior conditioning where an undesirable behavior is paired with an unpleasant stimulus to reduce the occurrence of that behavior.

Systematic Desensitization

A behavior therapy used to gradually reduce phobia or anxiety through controlled exposure to the feared object or situation.

Harmless Stimulus

A stimulus that does not cause pain or damage and is not threatening.