42 The psychiatrist educates the parents about possible reasons for the perpetuation of the child's temper tantrums. The psychiatrist teaches the parents how to develop and implement an age-appropriate behavioral management plan with clear expectations and consequences. Over the next month, the child's behavior improves. The parents state that whenever the child has a temper tantrum they ignore the behavior, wait for the child to calm down and then expect the child to obey the rules. The behavior has most likely
improved because the child has:
A. had negative reinforcement of the tantrums removed.
B. developed insight into the reasons for the oppositional behaviors.
C. realized how inappropriate and maladaptive the behavior had been.
D. learned to identify the maladaptive ideas that motivate the behavior.
E. acquired mindfulness and the ability to use the senses to self soothe