The first sentence describes the behavior of the individual, while the second se

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The first sentence describes the behavior of the individual, while the second sentence is the explanation a psychologist might give as to what might be causing the behavior. For each statement identify the correct perspective based on the reasoning given for the behavior. After you identify the correct perspective, then explain why you think it would be a psychologist of that perspective that would give such an explanation :

Jeremy is 13 and very aggressive and moody. This is because he grew up with parents who were very aggressive. The sudden death of a close friend recently also played a role in his moodiness.

Sample:

Devin likes to make jokes during class. This is because when he makes jokes all of his friends laugh and encourage him.

Answer: That explanation comes from a psychologist from the Behavioral perspective because the focus is on learning. This psychologist seems to believe that Devin is always positively reinforced when he jokes, so he continues to do it so that the reinforcement will continue.

Explanation / Answer

Given statement:

Jeremy is 13 and very aggressive and moody. This is because he grew up with parents who were very aggressive. The sudden death of a close friend recently also played a role in his moodiness.

Converted statement:

Jeremy is 13 and very aggressive and moody and the psychologist seems to believe that he had dymentia. He also believed that this is because he grew up with parents who were very aggressive and might have living with dymentia, The psychologist also believe that the sudden death of a close friend recently might be one of the reasons for his moodiness and for the development of dymentia.

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