Regarding the use of behavior therapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Naturally aversive actions, such as creating a taste aversion to overeating, are easy to apply to one's personal behavior.
b. Intensive behavioral techniques, such as the use of electric shocks or rapid smoking, are difficult for most people to carry out on their own.
c. In covert sensitization, aversive imagery is used to reduce the occurrence of an undesirable response.
d. In thought stopping, aversive stimuli are used to interrupt or prevent upsetting thoughts.
A
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more likely to help if the jogger was wearing their own favorite team's shirt. c. both less likely to help a jogger wearing a rival shirt and more likely to help a jogger wearing their own team'sshirt. d. equally likely to help in the "favorite" and "neutral" conditions, but more likely to help in the "rival" condition.
The Theory of Reasoned Action is based on the assumption that ______.
A. perceived behavioural control influences intentions and behaviour directly B. a person is likely to do what he or she intends to do C. patients are problem solvers, attempting to make sense of an illness D. the learning of health-related information is a prerequisite to action
Prefrontal lobotomy, a failed __________ procedure, involved severing the nerve connections between the prefrontal lobes and the thalamus
a. psychopharmacological c. psychotherapy b. psychosurgical d. psychoanalytic
Individuals from high uncertainty avoidance cultures:
a. have lower stress. b. suppress their emotions. c. are comfortable with uncertainty. d. need clarity and structure.