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In motivational interviewing, what is the righting reflex?

 

 

 

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“The righting reflex” is the tendency to offer unsolicited advice or correct the patient. 
 

 

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“The righting reflex” is when you say to the patient “You’re right!’
 

 

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“The righting reflex” is the annoying tendency to repeatedly ask “Am I right?!?”
 

 

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“The righting reflex” refers to the labyrinthine system correcting the orientation of the body when it is taken out of its normal upright position.
 

 

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