Instead of working on approaching a feared situation like flying, a client observes another individual getting on the plane, taking off, and arriving safely at the destination. This method for overcoming fear responses is called

a. imitating. c. modeling.
b. desensitizing. d. flooding.


C

Psychology

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a. the dependent variable that is associated with the independent variable b. the dependent variable that is not associated with the independent variable c. the independent variable d. either variable

Psychology

A woman with lupus was given a shot of a strong drug. At the same time, she was exposed to the scent of rose perfume and the taste of cod liver oil. After a few pairings of these three (drug, oil, scent) her body had a physiological response to the rose scent even without the full dose of the strong drug. This is an example of ______.

A. conditioned immunity B. psychoneuroimmunological reactivity C. positive reinforcement D. compensatory responding

Psychology

Temperament in infancy

A) guarantees a child's later outlook on life. B) is totally unrelated to a child's later outlook on life. C) seems to be the basis for a child's later outlook on life. D) seems to predict academic achievement better than IQ testing.

Psychology

Two important functions of attention is detecting information we need and inhibiting information we do not need. What do Posner et al.'s (1980, 1982) endogenous cuing studies tell us about detection and inhibition?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology