Question

A psychologist is helping a student improve his social skills. After instructing him on how to carry on a conversation with other students, the psychologist has the student practice. Practicing the behavior after receiving instructions is referred to as:

Answer 1

Answer:

Rehearsal

Explanation:

The student is following a predetermined behavior in order to be successful on the process to interact with other people. Everything that is made by him is pre-composed on his mind because of the previous rehearsal introduced by the psychologist, and depending on the way how the student will interact with the others, he will be happy to achieve it or will be frustrated, and he will behave accordingly.

Answer 2

Answer: rehearsal

Explanation: By practicing a particular behavior after getting instructions is referred to as rehearsal.

Rehearsal is defined as the practicing of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done. In simpler terms it is known as a practice exercise—usually done to improve on a behaviour or skill etc.