When a Couple Is Arguing About How to Discipline a Defiant

question 41

Multiple Choice

When a couple is arguing about how to discipline a defiant child, the therapist will not focus on solving the problem with the child but rather will focus on how the parents communicate. This example represents which of the following?

• A) Detecting the problem
• B) Detecting the interaction pattern
• C) Detecting the roles in the family
• D) Detecting who to blame for the problem

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Definitions:

Puzzle Boxes

Experimental devices used in animal behavior studies, particularly with cats and dogs, to test problem-solving abilities; subjects have to escape or retrieve a reward from the box.

Thorndike

An American psychologist who contributed to the understanding of learning and intelligence, best known for his work on the law of effect and puzzle boxes.

Strengthening Responses

The process of increasing the likelihood of a behavioral response by reinforcing it, similar to reinforcement.

Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that instinctively and effortlessly elicits a response without any previous conditioning.