Josef Breuer gave us the "talking cure" through his work with Anna O. Explain the nature and assumption of this treatment approach using Anna's case details

What will be an ideal response?


Under hypnosis, Anna revealed details she could not recall in a conscious state. After Anna related details of distressing events in her past, her symptoms went away. This talking cure approach laid the foundation for a new approach to mental disorders.

Psychology

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Which of the following is NOT true of aversion therapy?

a. It has been successful with drug and alcohol abuse, gambling, stuttering, and overeating. b. It is not widely used. c. It is usually used as one element of a larger treatment program. d. It is based on operant conditioning.

Psychology

Any stimulus, such as meat powder, that without learning will automatically elicit an unconditioned response is called a(n) __________

a) conditioned stimulus. b) conditioned reflex. c) unconditioned stimulus. d) neutral stimulus.

Psychology

In order to perceive a stimulus, that stimulus has to meet or exceed the _____ threshold; in order to detect a change in that stimulus, the stimulus has to meet or exceed the _____ threshold

Fill in the blank with correct word

Psychology

After being in class for a while, ____________ is a likely ­explanation for not hearing the sound of the lights buzzing above you until someone says something about it

a. accommodation b. adaptation c. sublimation d. habituation

Psychology