According to the Text, the Skinnerian Approach to Psychopathology Would

question 47

Multiple Choice

According to the text, the Skinnerian approach to psychopathology would predict that a "behavioral deficit" would result when

• A) a person developed a "healthy" response that came under the control of inappropriate reinforcers.
• B) there is a failure to develop a response that is normally part of a person's behavioral repertory.
• C) a person develops a response that is labeled as "bad", "sick", or "neurotic" in society.
• D) a person is out of touch with the conditions of reinforcement in the environment.

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