The nursing student knows that the therapist's goal in behavior therapy is to:
1. Decrease classical conditioning.
2. Increase self-confidence.
3. Deny religiosity in mental health clients.
4. Increase social reasoning.
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Rationale: In classical conditioning, people learn to associate a particular feeling state with a particular circumstance that then becomes a conditioned stimulus for the feeling. Over time, the association between the circumstance and the feeling is strengthened through repetition and rehearsal. The therapist's goal in behavior therapy is to decrease or eliminate the association of a particular circumstance (the conditioned stimulus) with a particular feeling. Denying religiosity, increasing self-confidence, and increasing social reasoning are not goals of behavior therapy.
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