A Family Comes to a Counselor with the Following Problem

Multiple Choice

A family comes to a counselor with the following problem.Both parents come home from work tired.Dinner is rushed because homework time for the 3^rd grade twins takes hours.Bath and bedtime have become daily battles.The parents threaten the children,but the children typically get their parents to give in.This is best described as an example of

A) coercive family patterns.
B) familial aggressive patterns.
C) instrumental reinforcement patterns.
D) negative punishment cycles.