Which term is the inability to stop verbal or motor responses that are often socially inappropriate?

Which term is the inability to stop verbal or motor responses that are often socially inappropriate?

• A. Replacement Activity
• B. Instrumental
• C. ED and EBD
• D. Disinhibition

Answer: (D)

Disinhibition is a loss of inhibitory control over impulses, so thoughts or urges spill into actions or speech without the usual restraint. When someone can’t stop verbal or motor responses and those responses are socially inappropriate, this pattern fits disinhibition. It often appears with issues affecting brain regions that regulate self-control, such as the frontal areas, or in certain neurological or developmental conditions. Replacement activity describes a strategy to substitute an inappropriate behavior with a more acceptable one, rather than naming the behavior itself. Instrumental refers to goal-directed actions used to obtain a result, not specifically about socially inappropriate responses. ED and EBD are diagnostic labels for emotional or behavioral disorders, not the behavioral phenomenon of failing to withhold responses. So the term that best captures the described behavior is disinhibition.

Disinhibition is a loss of inhibitory control over impulses, so thoughts or urges spill into actions or speech without the usual restraint. When someone can’t stop verbal or motor responses and those responses are socially inappropriate, this pattern fits disinhibition. It often appears with issues affecting brain regions that regulate self-control, such as the frontal areas, or in certain neurological or developmental conditions.

Replacement activity describes a strategy to substitute an inappropriate behavior with a more acceptable one, rather than naming the behavior itself. Instrumental refers to goal-directed actions used to obtain a result, not specifically about socially inappropriate responses. ED and EBD are diagnostic labels for emotional or behavioral disorders, not the behavioral phenomenon of failing to withhold responses. So the term that best captures the described behavior is disinhibition.