Describe how a phobia could be learned through vicarious conditioning
What will be an ideal response?
Phobias can be learned by watching another person who has a phobia. Watching that
person behave with fear around the feared object or situation can cause distress in the
observer and lead to learning of the phobia.
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When an organism uses insight, it ____
a. ?forms associations between actions and consequences b. watches the actions of others c. ?learns that two stimuli usually tend to occur together d. ?thinks through possibilities, then reaches a sudden understanding
In terms of its approach, which of the following types of psychotherapy is considered a nondirective therapy?
a. psychoanalysis b. client-centered therapy c. Gestalt therapy d. brief psychodynamic therapy
Which of the following provides a better sense of the "working" brain than more traditional neurodiagnostic procedures?
a. fMRI b. CAT scan c. SPECT d. more than one of the above
One of the best-known methods of Gestalt therapy is the empty chair technique, in which two clients are asked to sit in a room with one empty chair. The therapist observes how the clients determine who shall stand and who shall sit
a. true b. false