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Renee recently moved into a group residential facility that provides treatment for dementia patients. Renee has stopped interacting with her caregivers and spends most of her time in bed. Which of the following challenging behaviors of dementia is Renee exhibiting?

Jane hears her dog barking outside. She opens the door, steps outside, and calls her dog inside. The dog stops barking and runs inside. What is the consequence of Jane stepping outside?            

Reed is training his client to recognize others’ emotions using a stack of cards depicting people. He asks the client to hold up each card and say how the person is feeling on the card. The client quickly identifies each person’s feelings in one minute, while Reed records mistakes and gives feedback. What type of training does this illustrate?

Which researcher’s work was referenced as foundational for the characterization of “anxiety” in the context of the simple phobia study?

Whitney goes to the ice cream shop and orders a triple scoop of her favorite ice cream: cookie dough. It takes her about 13 minutes to finish her ice cream. This is an example of:

Charles drinks too many margaritas and gets very sick. The next day he sees some limes and feels very queasy. The sight of the lime is an example of a(n):

One of the predictive factors affecting the outcome of a child’s traumatic brain injury (TBI) is access to a continuum of care. What type of predictive factor is this?

When Simone asks for a high five from people standing in line at the post office, they do not give her one. When she is at her sister’s swim meet, Simone almost always gets a high five from people when she asks for one. The stimuli associated with the post office are examples of an:

Arthur is working with a client who has experienced a traumatic brain injury and is displaying a decline in social skills related to emotional recognition. As part of the training process, Arthur presents a large card depicting an individual and asks the client to identify the emotions expressed by the person in the image, as well as their reasoning for that interpretation. This would be an example of what type of training?

Dr. Friman uses the term “Gerber babies” in reference to: