Azrin and Peterson (1989) used an A-B-A-B experimental design to help a 9-year-old girl control __________.
A. thumb-sucking
B. bed-wetting
C. a facial twitch
D. an eye tic
Answer: D
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A. how the information was encoded B. the storage capacity of long-term memory C. the storage capacity of short-term memory D. how the information was retrieved
In a double-blind experiment:
A) the researcher conducting the posttreatment assessment does not know which participants were given the treatment and which had been assigned to a wait-list control. B) the researchers conducting the treatment send their data to an impartial laboratory for analysis; they are kept blind as to the results of the study until publication. C) both the experimenter and the participant are uninformed about which treatment the participant is receiving. D) participants never know if they were given the treatment or not.
Joshua is transferred to an office located on the tenth floor of a building. The problem is that he fears heights so much that he never goes above the third floor in any building
His therapist teaches him to relax deeply while imagining himself looking out over a balcony. As therapy progresses, Joshua imagines himself on higher and higher floors. This technique is called: a. systematic desensitization. b. rational-emotive behavioral therapy. c. flooding. d. transference.
Cathy was asked out on a date by an acquaintance, but she was nervous so she turned him down. When she got home that night she felt depressed and lonely. She turned on the TV and made herself a large bowl of ice cream. She blames her overeating on watching TV. This is a classic example of:
a. not recording behavior b. not looking early enough in the chain of events c. rating emotions d. avoiding antecedents