Watching a Child Without Verbally Responding Could

question 4

Multiple Choice

Watching a child without verbally responding could

• A) communicate empathic listening.
• B) convey interest in the child.
• C) enhance the flow of the child's play.
• D) increase the child's anxiety.
• E) influence the child to seek the therapist's approval.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Appraisal

The process of evaluating and interpreting an event or situation that leads to an emotional response.

Split-Second Fear

A rapid, automatic fear response to a perceived threat, occurring in a fraction of a second.

Unconscious

Pertaining to the part of the mind that is inaccessible to the conscious mind but influences behaviors, thoughts, and feelings.

Neural Processing

The method by which the nervous system receives, interprets, and responds to signals from the sensory organs or other neural inputs.