Which is true? Behavioural therapy
Correct answer: C. Is a concerned with what the person does that causes distress.
- A. Is a mechanistic, impersonal procedure
- B. Combines psychoanalytic and psychodynamic thinking.
- C. Is a concerned with what the person does that causes distress.
- D. Focuses on early experiences rather than the 'here and now'.
Explanation
Behavioural therapy focuses on observable actions and the environmental learning processes that maintain distress, usually addressing what happens in the present. Early experiences and unconscious conflicts are more characteristic of psychoanalytic approaches.
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