Encouraging People to Vent Their Anger in Order to Reduce

question 5

Multiple Choice

Encouraging people to vent their anger in order to reduce aggressive urges presumes that angry expressions promote

• A) catharsis.
• B) forgiveness.
• C) reduced lymphocyte levels.
• D) the general adaptation syndrome.

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Definitions:

Compulsion

A persistent, irresistible, and irrational urge to perform an act or ritual repeatedly.

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A training method where two stimuli are consistently presented together, leading to a response initially triggered by the second stimulus eventually being triggered by just the first stimulus.

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