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Why is there a greater incidence of disobedient hyper-aggressive children being referred for psychotherapy in the United States than in Thailand?
  1. In Thailand, children are taught by their culture to be submissive and deferent, whereas children in the United States are encouraged to be assertive and competitive.
  2. There are more emotionally disturbed children in the United States than in Thailand.
  3. Psychologists in the United States are better trained so there are fewer instances of behavior disorder going undetected.
  4. Americans are more pro-active in requesting professional intervention in managing their out-of-control children.
Explanation
Answer: A - There is a greater incidence of hyper-aggressive disobedient children being referred for psychotherapy in the United States than in Thailand because of cultural differences in the kinds of behaviors children in the two nations learn to perceive as appropriate. In Thailand, a Buddhist nation, aggressive behavior in children is much less common than it is in the United States. That doesn’t mean that many children in Thailand don’t have other kinds of problem behavior or that either the parents or the therapists are less capable of identifying these problems.
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