EPPP PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

EPPP PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS Alderian - Answer-For Adlerians, a desire to belong is a primary motivator of behavior, but this desire may be channeled into the mistaken goals of power, attention, inadequacy, or revenge., Feelings of inferiority contribute to problems in children and adults Teological approach-behavior is shaped by future goals (NOT the past) Innate social interest motivates people, ways to fulfill social responsibility Key Concepts: Inferiority feelings Striving for superiority Style of Life Social Interest Inferiority feeling develop during childhood while striving for superiority. Ways a person tries to compensate for inferiority and achieve superiority determines one's style of life Personality is determined by age 46 Three major life tasks could be: o Love o Friendship o Occupation focus on prevention central limit theorem - Answer-the shape of a sampling distribution of means approaches normality as sample size increases extinction - Answer-elimination or reduction in the frequency of a response achieved by the removal of the reinforcement maintaining the response. The extinction of temper tantrums would entail ignoring the child's behavior or not reinforcing it with attention. This technique has been found to be effective for reducing temper tantrums. thinning - Answer-Continuous schedules, or reinforcing every response, are associated with quick learning, satiation and extinction. The process of thinning, or switching from a continuous to an intermittent schedule, is used to increase the resistance to extinction once a behavior is established. Minuchin's family therpary - Answer-Salvador Minuchin's Structural Family Therapy is based on and extends general family systems theory. The goal is to restructure maladaptive family structures, including family subsystems and boundaries. Paresis - Answer-The term "paresis" means partial paralysis. Paresis can occur as a result of an injury to the spinal cord that does not result in its severation.