Understanding the Variability in People's Actions Displayed Across Different Situations

question 39

Multiple Choice

Understanding the variability in people's actions displayed across different situations could be useful to a behavioral psychologist in order to:

• A) understand conditions in which symptoms are less severe
• B) use this knowledge to increase involvement in situations in which the symptoms are lower
• C) both A or B
• D) neither A nor B

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