Cognitive dissonance is a state of tension that occurs when a person's belief is incongruent with his or her behavior
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
True
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Modeling, behavioral rehearsal, and shaping are the major tools of
a. insight-rehearsal training. b. rational-emotive therapy. c. cognitive restructuring. d. social skills training.
The principles of learning and conditioning have
a. turned out to have little relevance to real-world concerns. b. been widely applied in education, business, and industry. c. attracted little interest outside of psychology. d. proven worthless when applied to humans as opposed to animals.
According to research, Head Start children, when they became adolescents, were more likely to:
A. be in their age-appropriate class B. take advanced mathematics in high school C. drop out D. make the Honor Roll
Dr. Weinberg is a humanistically-oriented psychotherapist. Which comment about cognitive therapy is she most likely to make?
a. "People have the ability to make free choices and they are responsible for their own decisions." b. "Therapists who use the ABC-theory are too passive; they should be more like teachers than listeners." c. "Cognitive therapists put too much emphasis on childhood experiences and not enough on choices one makes in life." d. "Thoughts are not observable, so they have no place in science, which should only focus on behavior."