Author Question: Wanda, a 12-year-old severely retarded girl, was taught to dress herself using the following ... (Read 37 times)

TFauchery · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Wanda, a 12-year-old severely retarded girl, was taught to dress herself using the following approach: First, her teacher broke down the behaviour of getting dressed into a number of smaller steps, like pulling the neck hole over her head, putting

her arm into a shirt sleeve, and then putting the other arm in. Each step was then demonstrated to Wanda, and she was rewarded for each small movement toward the goal. This approach is called:

a) Behavioural rehearsal.
b) Applied behaviour analysis.
c) Self-instructional training.
d) Behaviour contracting.

Question 2

A project aiming at screening for depression and intervening at the primary care level in older adults (Alexopoulos et al., 2009 ) found the following:

a) Substantial reductions in suicide ideation and depression
b) Greater access to psychotherapy and antidepressants were put in place
c) Doctors should screen for suicide and depression in the elderly when they seem out of sorts
d) No change in suicide ideation or depression