What are the three elements described in you text which are commonly used as part of the cognitive-behavioral process? Provide a description of how each one works
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: A good answer will include the following key points.
? Exposure—Exposure involves confronting objects, people, or situations that create problems. This allows the client and the therapist to understand the feelings associated with the event, whereas avoidance leaves the stressor in place, perhaps allowing the problem to worsen.
? Cognitive restructuring—a technique used to shift the client's way of thinking about themselves and the word to a more rational and less emotional perspective.
? Stress inoculation training—teaches the client to regain emotional control.
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Piaget's clinical method involves
a. uncovering unconscious motives for behavior. b. presenting standardized questions to all children tested. c. observing children in their natural environment. d. a flexible question-and-answer technique.
An auction house is about to sell a first edition of a book arguing psychology should not study consciousness, but should emphasize the study of how the unconscious memories and urges effect behavior. The book was most likely written by:
a. William James b. Abraham Maslow c. Wilhelm Wundt d. Sigmund Freud
True babbling occurs at
A) 6 months. B) 8 to 12 months. C) 9 to 18 months. D) 1 year.
Under which of these circumstances is similarity likely to lead to decreased liking?
a. someone outperforms us on a task that is of little importance to us b. very good friends have similar attitudes c. a number of roommates have a high similarity in values d. a person that stresses several similarities with us suffers a nervous breakdown e. two people both love tennis