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
b
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Andy has taken a drug that has produced powerful distortions in his perceptions. He has reported tasting certain colors and smelling certain sounds. Andy has likely taken a(n)
a. hallucinogen. b. stimulate. c. narcotic. d. date rape drug.
Which of the following is (are) true concerning an extinction burst?
a. the behavior increases in frequency, duration, and intensity b. novel and emotional behaviors may occur c. it is a permanent change in behavior d. A and B
For Comte, we can be certain only of things that are:?
a. ?publicly observable b. ?divinely revealed c. ?logically deduced d. ?experienced through introspection
After reading an announcement soliciting research participants, Dan agrees to take part in a study involving a polygraph. Which measures are likely to be used?
a) brain waves, breathing rate, heart rate b) brain waves, galvanic skin response, and heart rate c) breathing rate, heart rate, and galvanic skin response d) brain waves, breathing rate, and galvanic skin response