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Chloeellawright

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A chronically depressed patient has been diagnosed with having a dependent personality. The nurse suspects that the situation has resulted in dependence transference when the patient shares that:
 
  a. Leaving the hospital and helpful, caring people like you will be really hard..
  b. Over the weeks we've been meeting I've come to feel as though you are a very special person..
  c. I think of you as being sent from heaven to guide me out of this darkness of the soul..
  d. I know I can count on you to chart my course back to health. I will do whatever you say..

Question 2

A single mother has been attending parenting classes with her 9-year-old son. The mother wants her son to begin doing some chores and asks him to clean his room.
 
  When she checks on him, she discovers he has picked up everything on the floor and tossed it onto a chair. The mother says, You've done a nice job of picking up things off the floor. This is consistent with which technique of behavior modification?
  A) Shaping
  B) Modeling
  C) Contracting
  D) Premack principle



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Answer to Question 1

D
Dependent reaction transference is characterized by submissive, ingratiating behavior, regarding the nurse as a godlike figure, and overvaluing the nurse's characteristics and qualities. The remaining options demonstrate gratitude but lack that submissive element.

Answer to Question 2

A



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