What Personal Conflicts Are Most Likely to Be Experienced by Individuals

question 42

Essay

What personal conflicts are most likely to be experienced by individuals of the following ages: (a)age of three; (b)age of 10;and (c)age of 15? What can parents or teachers do to help the individual achieve a healthy resolution?

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Definitions:

Discrimination Training

A process in behavior analysis used to teach an individual to differentiate between stimuli or behaviors based on reinforcement or punishment.

Generalization

The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances.

Inhibitor

A stimulus signaling that an event is not coming, which elicits a response opposite to the one that the event usually elicits.

Thorndike

An American psychologist known for his work in comparative psychology and the theory of connectionism, emphasizing the role of rewards and punishments in learning.