You Have Not Seen Your 22-Year-Old Cousin in Quite Some

question 275

Multiple Choice

You have not seen your 22-year-old cousin in quite some time.After a brief visit,you are impressed that she is more confident socially,is less dogmatic,and is less ethnocentric in her political and social views than she had been as a teenager.Given what you know about development,you guess that she has ____.

• A)matured
• B)graduated from college
• C)moved away from home
• D)found a romantic partner

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Definitions:

Counterconditioning Techniques

Methods used in behavioral therapy to associate a previously undesirable stimulus with a new, desirable response, effectively reversing the original conditioned response.

Unwanted Responses

Behaviors or reactions that are not desired, often occurring automatically or unconsciously.

Client-centered Therapy

A humanistic psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the therapist provides a supportive environment in which clients can re-experience and understand their feelings to facilitate personal growth.

Marriage Counseling

A type of therapy for couples seeking to resolve problems and conflicts, improve communication, and strengthen their relationship.