Which method of treating phobias involves relaxation training and exposure to the feared object?

a) extinction
b) punishment
c) token economy
d) systematic desensitization


ANS: D

Psychology

You might also like to view...

This type of memory is easier to demonstrate than to explain in words.

A. procedural B. episodic C. sensory D. semantic

Psychology

Xavier is doing a research study investigating the moral decision making of people at various ages. He wants to know if older adults see moral issues differently than they would have when they were children,

so he gives his research subjects a moral dilemma and asks them to discuss the various moral issues involved. He then asks them to imagine how they would have answered the same question when they were adolescents. Xavier's research addresses which major issue of developmental psychology? a. Stability/Change b. Nature/Nurture c. Plasticity/Formidity d. Continuity/Stages

Psychology

A child exposed to the Strange Situation __________.

A. should receive immediate medical attention B. has been exposed to novel and disturbing stimuli C. was placed in a room with other children that they don't know D. has been left with a stranger in an unfamiliar situation

Psychology

Rats raised in environments that had cages decorated with colorful patterns and filled with platforms, ladders, and cubbyholes

a. became confused and withdrawn. b. became more aggressive and territorial in their behavior. c. developed a larger, heavier brain with a thicker cortex. d. were no different in physical or behavioral characteristics than the rats raised in the standard laboratory cages.

Psychology