Trey is a smoker who is unable to quit, even though he knows that smoking is ruining his health. Finally, he entered therapy in an attempt to control his desire for cigarettes. In this case, the best behavioral therapy technique to use in helping Trey eliminate his smoking habit would be:

a. systematic desensitization
b. aversion therapy
c. a token economy
d. negative reinforcement


B

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Jill is taking part in a therapy session in which role reversal and the mirror technique are being used. Jill is most likely in which type of therapy?

a. psychodrama b. logotherapy c. psychodynamic family therapy d. rational-emotive behavior therapy

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The person who conducted the most well-known research on obedience is __________.

A. Asch B. Milgram C. Luchens D. Kelley

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Current research indicates that

A) ?positive change is typically more stressful than negative change. B) ?only negative change is stressful. C) ?we have little reason to believe that change is inevitably stressful. D) ?all change is inevitably stressful.

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