In 1983,the Reagan Administration Responded to a Terrorist Bombing of American

question 62

Multiple Choice

In 1983,the Reagan administration responded to a terrorist bombing of American military barracks in Beirut by

• A) launching cruise missiles against the suspected perpetrators.
• B) withdrawing the remaining marines.
• C) supporting an invasion by Israel into southern Lebanon.
• D) establishing a special military force to fight terrorism.
• E) enlarging the U.S. Marine forces in the city.

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Definitions:

Directive Approach

A therapeutic strategy where the therapist provides explicit suggestions or guidance to clients about how to think or behave.

Selective Abstraction

A cognitive distortion that involves focusing only on certain negative details of an event while ignoring other positive information.

Dichotomous Thinking

A cognitive distortion involving seeing situations in two categories, such as all good or all bad, without acknowledging the complexity or the spectrum in between.

Overgeneralizing

The cognitive distortion of applying one experience's outcome to others, even when it is not applicable or warranted.