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wrbasek0

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Tony has thoughts about hating his younger brother and wishing he would die. He becomes very anxious about these thoughts because he has developed the idea that if anything really happened to his brother, it would be his fault. For no explainable reason, Tony starts mentally counting by odd numbers each time he walks past his brother's room and discovers that this activity makes him less anxious. Tony's behavior can be described as
 
  a. a phobia of going into his brother's room because he is afraid his hatred will actually hurt him.
  b. a mental compulsion developed to neutralize his bad thoughts.
 c. an attempt to be better in math than his brother to gain parental acceptance.
 d. a compulsive ritual designed to make him like his brother more.

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A young child has thoughts about hating her younger brother and wishing he would die. She becomes very anxious about these thoughts because she has developed the idea that if anything really happened to him, it would be her fault. This pattern of thinking is called
 
  a. neutralizing.
 b. thought-action fusion.
 c. thought suppression.
 d. fundamental responsibility.


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rachel

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b


wrbasek0

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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