Adam Suffers from Antisocial Personality Disorder

question 308

Multiple Choice

Adam suffers from antisocial personality disorder. If social-learning theorists are correct, his problem arises from _______ when he was a child.

• A) a complete lack of discipline and punishment
• B) excessive parental control and discipline
• C) lack of reward or encouragement for exploratory behavior
• D) lack of consistency and predictability in his learning experiences

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Definitions:

Contingency Management

A behavior change strategy often used in therapy to reinforce positive behaviors and reduce undesirable ones through rewards or consequences.

Counterconditioning

A therapy technique used to replace an unwanted behavior or response with a desired one by associating the behavior with a new, more positive stimulus.

Cognitive Therapy

A form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the importance of changing maladaptive thinking patterns in order to change feelings and behaviors.

Beck

Aaron Beck, a psychiatrist known for developing Cognitive Therapy (CT), which later evolved into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), focusing on identifying and changing negative thought patterns.