Because of a Gambling Addiction, Maria Is Seeing a Cognitive

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Multiple Choice

Because of a gambling addiction, Maria is seeing a cognitive therapist, who will most likely help her to

• A)understand what in her past growing up caused her to gamble.
• B)make the courageous choices that will cause her life to be meaningful without gambling.
• C)break through her emotional impasses and express her feelings regarding her gambling addiction.
• D)restructure her thoughts so that she no longer believes that she can control chance events, such as gambling.

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Definitions:

Preliminary Controls

Early measures or procedures put in place to identify potential risks and prevent future problems, ensuring that organizational objectives are achieved effectively.

Post-action Controls

Mechanisms put in place to evaluate and adjust processes or activities after they have occurred, to ensure objectives are met and to learn from the outcomes.

Feedback Control

A process by which information about the past or present influences the same phenomenon in the present or future, commonly used in management and engineering to regulate systems.

Mistakes

Actions or decisions that are incorrect or unwise, often leading to undesired outcomes.