The Main Criticism of the Behavioral and Psychodynamic Explanations for the Maintenance

question 161

Multiple Choice

The main criticism of the behavioral and psychodynamic explanations for the maintenance of hysterical disorders is that:

• A) they focus too much on the gains the patients receives from the disorder.
• B) they fail to take into account the gains the patient receives from the disorder.
• C) they confuse the ideas of gain and reward.
• D) they can't explain how the gains can outweigh the pain of the disorder.

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