Someone you know has been having a lot of difficulty because of irrational fears. Knowing that you are studying abnormal psychology, this person asks if you know of an effective and well-established treatment. You advise her that ________, based on the mid-20th century work of Joseph Wolpe, is a successful anxiety reduction procedure
a. systematic desensitization
b. person centered therapy
c. exorcism
d. aversive conditioning
a
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d. prolonged and moderate.
Prepared learning refers to how animals often learn certain combinations of CS and UCS more easily than other combinations.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which type of leukocyte is particularly important for fighting tumor cells in the body?
A. Natural killer cells B. B-cells C. T-cells D. RBCs
When comparing women's jobs with men's jobs, which of the following statements is most accurate?
A) The job stereotypes of the past have pretty much been eliminated. B) Women's jobs are concentrated in service occupations that are typically lower in status and lower paid. C) Men's jobs tend to be less varied, but higher in both status and income. D) Seventy-five percent of all working women hold clerical jobs.