Jessie has a nagging backache after a day spent raking leaves. This nagging pain
a. involves the body's reminding system for pain.
b. is carried by small nerve fibers.
c. may cause agony long after this injury has healed.
d. involves all of these characteristics.
ANSWER: d
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a. deprivation b. satiation c. reinforcement d. extinction
Which therapists educate their patients about the relationship between misinterpreted bodily sensations and selective attention to topics of illness for treatment of illness anxiety disorder?
a. cognitive-behaviorists b. family systems c. humanists d. psychoanalysts
Which of the following is used to describe the tendency for no one in a group to help because the responsibility to help is spread throughout the group?
a. Instrumental aggression b. Cyberbullying c. Bystander effect d. Diffusion of responsibility
Phil visits a therapist for treatment of his depression. The therapist tells him that his
problems arise from a series of irrational beliefs about himself and about life which he has developed over the years. She says that to overcome the depression, Phil must replace his irrational beliefs with rational self-talk. Phil's therapist is most similar to ______ in the way she conceptualizes his problem. a. Ellis c. Skinner b. Sullivan d. Kelly