Question

Andrea experiences extreme anxiety when approaching the shoreline of any lake. Her therapist suggest her fear results from a traumatic boat accident she experienced as a child. The therapist's suggestion reflects a ____ perspective.

Answer 1

Question Options:

a) psychoanalytic

b) biological

c) learning

d) humanistic

Answer: The therapist's suggestion reflects a LEARNING perspective.

Explanation: From the options listed above, the option that best illustrates the extreme anxiety of Andrea when approaching the shoreline of any lake is the LEARNING perspective.

The learning perspective illustrates the relationship between an individual's environment and their behavior. It explains how the environment and experience affect an individual's actions.

Andrea's environment, the shoreline of any lake, causes her extreme anxiety, her action.

Answer 2

Conditioning perspective