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Instructions: Please write legibly for credit. Fill in the letter for the appropriate term (from the key below) in each of the response spaces provided (in front of the item number). 15 points each KEY: A. Psychoanalytic C. Social Cognitive D. Behaviorist B. Humanistic Jerry is a 30-year-old male and is the youngest of three sons. He grew up in a suburb of Chicago and lives 10 miles from his childhood home. He recalls his early family life as unhappy. He perceived his parents marriage as miserable and unfulfilling. He recalls that his father (who died two years ago) never approved of his interests and that his mother was unhappy and would frequently complain about the fact that she had no female children. Jerry has just been laid off from his job working for an innovative software company Recently, he has been doing some freelance work in programming. but he is barely making ends meet. He has been in a serious and exclusive relationship for the past six months with a female co-worker, who has not yet been laid off from the software firm. Lately, he has been avoiding spending time with her, as she has been complaining about his irritability and negativism about his future job prospects. Jerry notices that he is having some trouble controlling his drinking, especially when he is alone at the end of the day. This problem has been of such magnitude that he is considering seeking counseling related to his substance use. 1. Jerry may have observed his father and older brothers drinking while he was growing up. He probably tried a few drinks and enjoyed the attention and praise that he would receive from them as well as the positive emotions experienced. As a result, he may have learned to drink when he felt down. This explanation for Jerry's drinking behavior would be given by which type of theorist? 2. Jerry feels that his mother did not truly love him because she wanted a female and he was the last child born, but a male. He has not resolved this internal conflict and feels resentful toward his mother. He may also be projecting his feelings toward his mother onto his girlfriend. Unconsciously, this may be the reason for his negativity and uncontrolled drinking. This explanation for Jerry's behavior would be given by which type of theorist? 3. Jerry knows that he is a good person and understands that he has simply had many challenges in life that are the reason for his negative emotional experiences. He wants to seek out counseling to recover from his substance use and get back on track toward achieving his career and personal life goals and reaching is potential. He wants to be driven by his actualizing tendency. This explanation for Jerry's behavior would be given by which type of theorist? some rejection 4. Jerry is currently experiencing a low level of self-efficacy because he feels from his family, has been fired from his job, and does not think that he can manage the relationship with his girlfriend. He needs help addressing his negative thoughts and emotions in order to build up for tackling his personal and professional difficulties and recovering from his drinking problem. He needs to address his thoughts, environmental contributors to his problems, and his improperly controlled drinking behavior. This explanation for Jerry's behavior would be given by which type of theorist? his confidenceExplanation / Answer
The answers given by you is absolutely correct .
1- Behaviorist.
Jerry has learned the behavior(drinking) from father and brother . Attention , praise and positive emotion acted as a reward for him which led to repeatitive drinking by jerry.
2- pyscho analytic
Here , unconscoius is coming into play and projection of feeling for mother towards girlfriend clearly suggest that these are basic characterstic of psychodynamic approach .
3-Humanistic . Jerry knows that there is good inside him and he believes that he can overcome such negativity thtough counselling . These are feature of humanistic theorist
4- Social cognitive
Low self efficacy and negative thoughts can be overcome by adressing his thoughts , external contributor to problem changing improper behavior are basic feature of social cognitive approach .