According to the Behavioural Therapists, Many of Our Distressing Psychological

question 74

Multiple Choice

According to the behavioural therapists, many of our distressing psychological problems result from

• A) learning experiences which taught us a maladaptive behaviour
• B) faulty logic and simple needs to be reconditioned.
• C) interactions with our parents, causingtra-psychic wounding.
• D) genetic or biochemical processes which are not normative.

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Definitions:

Syntax

The set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, especially the order of words.

Semantics

The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning, including the ways meaning is structured in language and interpreted by people.

Grammatics

The study of grammar, which is the system and structure of a language including syntax, morphology, and phonology.

Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

The theory suggesting that the structure of a language affects its speakers' world view or cognition, and thus people's perceptions are relative to their spoken language.