Augustus Committed Suicide by Hanging Himself in His Parents' Living

question 24

Multiple Choice

Augustus committed suicide by hanging himself in his parents' living room. Which theory would explain the suicide by arguing that Augustus was expressing his rage and anger toward his family?

• A) Humanistic
• B) Cognitive-behavioural
• C) Psychodynamic
• D) Family systems

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Definitions:

Misattribution

The incorrect assignment of the source, cause, or authorship of a memory, feeling, or attribution.

Retrograde Amnesia

A loss of memory-access to events that occurred, or information that was learned, before an injury or the onset of a disease.

Anterograde Amnesia

The loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia, leaving the person unable to recall the recent past.

Working Memory

A cognitive system responsible for temporarily holding information available for processing and decision making.