Psychological Disorders Can Be Described as Following a Typical Course

question 87

Multiple Choice

Psychological disorders can be described as following a typical course or individual pattern.Disorders that tend to last a long time follow one type of course,whereas disorders that show a discontinuous,repetitive pattern follow another type of course.What are these courses,respectively?

• A) chronic; episodic
• B) chronic; time-limited
• C) pervasive; time-limited
• D) insidious; recurrent

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Definitions:

Reinforcer

Any stimulus that strengthens or increases the probability of a specific response or behavior by providing a consequence an individual finds rewarding.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, influencing the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Pavlovian Conditioning

A form of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response after being paired with a stimulus that naturally brings about that response.

Classical Conditioning

A conditioning technique where, through recurrent pairing of two stimuli, a reaction initially caused by the second stimulus is eventually caused by the first stimulus alone.