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.

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Definitions:

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Level Strategy

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