A-AS Level (CIE) Psychology: Specimen Questions with Answers 266 - 268 of 299

Explanation

Prompting can be defined as follows

• Prompts are used to increase the likelihood that a person will engage in the correct behavior at the correct time
• They are used during discrimination training to help the person engage in the correct behavior in the presence of discriminative stimulus (SD)

Explanation

Stupor (No psychomotor activity) , Cataplexy (Passive induction of posture held against gravity) , Waxy flexibility (Slight, even resistance to positioning by examiner) , Mutism (No or very little, verbal response, exclude if known aphasia) , Negativism (Opposition or no response to instructions or external stimuli) , Posturing (Spontaneous and active maintenance of a posture against gravity) - Any appropriate response

Explanation

Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) - Promising treatment for borderline personality disorder that involves exposing the client to stressors in a controlled situation, as well as helping the client regulate emotions and cope with stressors that might trigger suicidal behavior.