Efforts by Activists to Get the Public to Recognize the Danger

question 57

Multiple Choice

Efforts by activists to get the public to recognize the danger of AIDS in the early 1980s is a good example of what process related to social movements?

• A)formalization
• B)moral panic
• C)claims making
• D)structural strain

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Definitions:

Behavior Therapy

A type of psychotherapy that focuses on changing undesirable behaviors through conditioning techniques.

Drug Addiction

A chronic disease characterized by compulsive, or uncontrollable, drug seeking and use despite harmful consequences and changes in the brain.

Overgeneralization

The cognitive process in which a rule or pattern is applied too broadly, beyond its appropriate use.

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy is a type of psychotherapy that helps individuals identify self-defeating thoughts and feelings, challenge the rationality of those feelings, and replace them with healthier, more productive beliefs.