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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has shown that each individual can be motivated in different ways. When a mother and father report that they are having trouble motivating Sarah to do her chores, you are observing a system that is in disharmony because a need is not being met. In order to better meet that need, you might encourage the family:
  1. To provide more discipline at home and provide less empathy
  2. To look at how other parents are raising their children
  3. To continue reinforcing Sarah as they always have
  4. To provide an allowance for Sarah for doing her chores
Explanation
Answer - D - CBT assesses motivation and how quickly our nature allows us to accomplish something when we are rewarded promptly and with enough reward that we consider repeating the action on a regular basis. Chores get done when the individual gets reinforced for them. High frequency behaviors (getting money) reinforce low frequency behaviors (chores).
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