Jane is afraid of elevators. Her psychologist, Dr. Schwartz, teaches her how to relax deeply. Then Dr. Schwartz helps her develop a list of situations with elevators that vary in how frightening or anxiety- producing they are
Finally, while relaxed, Jane imagines the series of situations with elevators. Eventually Jane is able to tolerate imagining increasingly more difficult situations in elevators such as riding an elevator 100 floors alone. By the end of the 16th therapy session, Jane states that her fear of elevators has disappeared. Dr. Schwartz used
a) brief psychodynamic therapy.
b) token economy.
c) systematic desensitization.
d) ego analysis.
c
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a. often found in neurons that also release catecholamines b. often found in neurons that also release indoleamines. c. often found in neurons that also release GABA. d. never found in neurons that release another type of neurotransmitter.
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a. as getting bigger. b. to remain constant. c. in proportion to the size of the retinal image it produces. d. from the size of the afterimage. e. as a function of its speed of approach.
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