Which of the following statements is true of systematic desensitization?

A) ?It employs deep muscle relaxation to combat the effects of anxiety.
B) ?It involves the administration of an emetic to a patient.
C) ?It tends to be very effective with patients who suffer from social phobias.
D) ?It results in an extreme increase in heart rate.


A

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Insurance company managed care provisions are seen overall as

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a. trained sixth graders were still not as good as untrained seventh graders at justifying a scientific theory with evidence. b. trained sixth graders were about the same as untrained seventh graders at justifying a scientific theory with evidence. c. trained sixth graders were better than untrained seventh graders at justifying a scientific theory with evidence. d. the children showed little improvement in scientific problem-solving over the three-year period, supporting Inhelder and Piaget’s argument that formal operational thinking is not found until adolescence.

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The sleep disorder MOST associated with reports of waking up immobilized with perceptions of aliens examining your body is most associated with which sleep disorder?

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