What Was a Significant Characteristic of Alfred Adler's Approach to Psychotherapy

question 36

Multiple Choice

What was a significant characteristic of Alfred Adler's approach to psychotherapy?

• A) Adler focused on exploring and altering maladaptive lifestyles.
• B) Adler used homework and modeling as ways to help clients become aware of their lifestyle.
• C) Adler focused more on the social and relational aspects of psychopathology and less on intrapsychic conflicts.
• D) all of the above

Comprehend the significance of a stimulus in shaping behavior.

Identify the impact of biological predispositions on learning processes.

Explain the procedure and implications of shaping and extinction in learning.

Understand the role of reinforcement schedules in maintaining behavior.

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Definitions:

Sexual Scripts

Socially learned behaviors and expectations that surround and inform people's understanding of sexual interactions and relationships.

Commonly Held

Widely shared or accepted by a significant portion of a community or group as true or important.

Personality Traits

Personality traits are characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that differ among individuals.

Nonoverlapping Distributions

Statistical distributions in which two or more groups do not share common outcomes or values, indicating distinct differences between the groups.