Preventive Mental Health Attempts to Reduce the Likelihood of Psychological

question 97

Multiple Choice

Preventive mental health attempts to reduce the likelihood of psychological disorders by

• A) enabling more people to see professional psychotherapists.
• B) encouraging depressed people to take more personal responsibility for their own problems.
• C) establishing programs to wipe out poverty and other demoralizing social conditions.
• D) emphasizing the importance of using a biomedical approach to therapy.

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Definitions:

Rationality

The quality of being based on or in accordance with reason or logic.

Fixed Ratio

Fixed ratio refers to a schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses, commonly used in behavior modification.

Reinforcement

In psychology, a process by which an individual's behavior is conditioned by rewards or punishments.

Desired Behavior

The specific actions or responses that are sought after in individuals or groups within certain contexts or scenarios.