Question

What do behavior therapists see as the cause of abnormal or undesirable behaviors? unconscious conflicts distortions in thinking discrepancy between the real self and ideal self delusional behaviors?

Answer 1

Answer: Abnormal behavior is acquired through classical conditioning, operant conditioning and social learning. (The closest anwser amongst the options would be distortions in thinking)

Explanation: Behaviorism states that all behavior is learned from the environment, and that all behavior that has been learnt can also be unlearnt (which is how abnormal behavior is treated).