A Patient Has Been Diagnosed with Schizophrenia

question 15

Multiple Choice

A patient has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.During a recent interview,he shows the nurse a picture of a man holding a decapitated head.He describes this picture as horrifying and laughs loudly at the content.This behavior is a display of:

• A) confusion.
• B) ambivalence.
• C) depersonalization.
• D) inappropriate affect.

Comprehend the process and effect of operant extinction and its similarities to other forms of behavioral modification.

Grasp the principles of discriminative stimuli and stimulus control in operant conditioning.

Understand the concepts and applications of shaping, chaining, and successive approximations in behavioral training.

Recognize the real-world applications and examples of conditioning and shaping behavior in humans and animals.

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