Stein Applies Bok's Two Questions and "Test of Publicity" for Justifying

question 27

Essay

Stein applies Bok's two questions and "test of publicity" for justifying lies to the counseling profession. What are these guidelines, and do you agree that they provide an adequate criteria for a counselor considering lying to a client? Why or why not?

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Definitions:

Hull-Spence Model

A theory of learning that integrates drive reduction and incentive motivation, proposing that a combination of stimuli and past reinforcements can predict behavior.

Generalization Gradients

In learning theory, the range and degree to which a learned response is produced to stimuli that vary from the original conditioned stimulus.

Discrimination Training

The process in behavioral psychology of training an organism to respond differently to distinct stimuli, enhancing its ability to distinguish between them.

Inhibitory Generalization

The process by which an organism learns to inhibit responses to stimuli that are similar to a conditioned stimulus that signals an aversive event.