What are timeouts and how should they be used?
What will be an ideal response?
Timeouts involve removing the child from the situation and placing him or her in a safe environment for a period of
time. Timeouts are disciplinary actions which allow children to collect themselves in order to reflect on their
behavior. The typical advice given is that timeouts should last about one minute per year of the child's age.
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Which approach assumes that disorders come from illogical, irrational cognitions and that changing the thinking patterns to more rational, logical ones will relieve the symptoms of the disorder?
a) cognitive-behavioral b) person-centered c) psychoanalytic d) Gestalt
It is cognitive therapist Aaron Beck's claim that much of the misery endured by a depressed and anxious person can be traced to __________
a) automatic thoughts which rule that person's life. b) an irrational belief system. c) inappropriate role models. d) a lack of unconditional positive regard, especially during childhood.