Is It Appropriate to Have a Child Participate in Self-Monitoring

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Multiple Choice

Is it appropriate to have a child participate in self-monitoring?

• A)No, they are not responsible enough to record their own behavior.
• B)No, because they will not take it seriously.
• C)Yes, because they need to see how often they do the behavior.
• D)Yes, because they have to see how many times they are bad, before you can change the behavior.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Dissonance

The psychological discomfort experienced by someone who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time.

Attribution-helplessness

A psychological phenomenon where individuals attribute their inability to control events to their own lack of ability, leading to feelings of helplessness.

Cognitive Triad

A concept in cognitive therapy that describes a pattern of thinking involving negative views about the self, the world, and the future.

Object Relations

A theory in psychoanalysis focusing on the relationships between individuals and the external objects (often other people) that represent significant others in one’s life.