Exam 15: Therapies.

When children are in the babbling stage of language development, they tend to repeat the particular speech sounds that attract the attention of their caretakers, while rarely repeating those speech sounds that do not receive attention from their caretakers.The fact that some speech sounds are repeated less frequently is due to the behavioral effect known as

An important step in overcoming a phobia is to construct a hierarchy which involves

Studies indicate that therapy is more successful if the

The emotional problem, which Freud called "hysteria," is known today as schizophrenia.

Unlike psychoanalysts, therapists in the positive psychology movement use techniques designed to enhance personal strengths rather than "fix" weaknesses.

Which of the following therapies states that irrational beliefs cause many emotional problems and that these beliefs must be changed or abandoned?

The reduced use of full-time commitment to mental hospitals for the treatment of mental disorders is referred to as __________.

To reduce the time you spend watching TV, you vividly imagine yourself failing an important exam because you watched TV rather than studying.This technique is called

During psychodrama, which of the following involves taking the part of another person to learn how one's own behavior appears from this other person's perspective?

Jerome is in an experiment to determine the effectiveness of therapy.He is in the group who has not seen a therapist but who will eventually receive therapy.Jerome is part of the __________ group.

Gradually approaching a feared stimulus while maintaining relaxation describes the therapy technique known as __________.

You are setting up a behavior modification plan for a classroom.In dealing with the undesirable behaviors in this classroom, you will identify and remove the rewards for these behaviors and in doing so bring about

During self-directed desensitization, when one can vividly picture and imagine oneself in the fear-producing situation listed on the first card twice without a noticeable increase in muscle tension, one

Although Michelle passed her psychology test, received a pay raise, and successfully repaired her bike today, she dwells on the rebuff of a friend.A cognitive therapist would refer to this as

In counseling a friend, you are most likely to experience the "Yes, but" game, according to Eric Berne, if you

In which technique does the therapist act as a "psychological mirror" to clarify the client's feelings and emotions?

The most common way of doing desensitization involves

Which of the following is used to alleviatefears and phobias by using classical conditioning extinction?​

Which of the following is NOT a danger signal in psychotherapy?

One way to alleviate the severe shortage of people working in mental health occupations is to