According to Behaviorists, Why Do Patients Engage in Compulsive Behaviors

question 171

Multiple Choice

According to behaviorists, why do patients engage in compulsive behaviors?

• A) Those behaviors reduce anxiety and are thus negatively reinforced.
• B) They have been punished in the past for engaging in the compulsive behaviors.
• C) They need a higher level of anxiety than average to be productive.
• D) They are irrational thinkers.

Comprehend the principles behind Gestalt psychology, specifically in relation to visual perception.

Understand how size perception is influenced by various cues such as relative size, interposition, and linear perspective.

Grasp the concept of subliminal perception and its debated influence on behavior.

Recognize the importance of top-down and bottom-up processing in interpreting sensory information.

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Definitions:

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