A patient arrives in your office with a severe fear of spiders. You treat this patient by gradually introducing her to snake images, snake toys, and eventually live snakes in order to show her that nothing bad happened in the presence of these objects. You are using the therapeutic technique called
A. Cognitive therapy
B. Systematic desensitization
C. Operant conditioning
D. Multidimensional therapy
Answer: B
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The behavior therapy term change agent refers to
a. people trained to assist in treatment. b. the role assumed by the therapist. c. any environmental factor influencing behavior. d. a sponsor not affiliated with the treatment.
Antecedent control procedures are used along with ___________ so that desired behaviors are more likely to occur and competing behaviors are less likely to occur
a. punishment b. differential reinforcement c. chaining d. shaping
In the "Card Magic" demonstration, after you focused on one card out of the six, you were then shown six more cards, and your card seemed to disappear. What had actually occurred?
a. Most people tend to focus on the middle card, and this one was the one that seemed to disappear. b. Most people tend to focus on the second card, and this one was the one that seemed to disappear. c. Most people focus so intently on their choice that they did not notice that all five cards in the second presentation were new. d. A quick loss of memory has occurred verifying Ebbinghaus' curve of forgetting.
Watson's final position on instincts was that:?
a. ?human behavior is largely instinctive b. ?humans have only a few powerful instincts c. ?humans are born with powerful instincts but they are soon displaced by learned behavior d. ?humans have no instincts