Patti Throws a Temper Tantrum in Order to Gain Her

question 563

Multiple Choice

Patti throws a temper tantrum in order to gain her mother's attention. However, her mother does not pay any attention and leaves the room. Patti stops her tantrum and follows her mother into the next room. To eliminate Patti's tantrums, her mother has used

• A)reciprocal inhibition.
• B)shaping.
• C)aversive conditioning.
• D)time out.

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Definitions:

Psychotherapist

A professional trained to diagnose and treat mental health issues through various forms of therapy.

Freudian

Pertaining to or involving the theories and ideas of Sigmund Freud, especially regarding the unconscious, psychosexual stages, and the structure of personality.

Neo-Freudian

Refers to psychologists who followed Freud but developed their own theories, often emphasizing social and cultural factors over sexual ones.

Transference

In psychotherapy, the process by which patients project feelings about significant others from their past onto the therapist.