Exam 15: B: Therapies

Jeffery and Logan are brothers who are fighting over a new toy.Their mother sends them to separate rooms until they can calm down and agree to share the toy and play "nicely." Mother is using the operant conditioning technique known as

People with drug addictions may find it nearly impossible to resist the temptations for drug abuse in their daily lives without the use of

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

Major tranquilizers are also referred to as __________ drugs.

If a response is followed by an unpleasant effect or discomfort,the response behavior will be suppressed.This is an example of

An elementary school teacher practically ends classroom discipline problems by giving students "chances" in a lottery to be held at the end of the week for some small toy.The chances are considered tokens,which are used to reinforce the completing of assignments,paying attention,and other

Patti's therapist has her put on a head-mounted video display.Through this procedure,Patti will enter a three-dimensional world in which she will be driving in a rain storm,across bridges,and at night.She will be gradually exposed to these situations,in a realistic yet controlled fashion.Patti's therapist is using

Any bodily therapy,such as drug therapy,ECT,or psychosurgery,is referred to as

Katie is very afraid of deep water.According to behavior therapists,the best way to alleviate Katie's fear is to

The atmosphere in psychiatric wards and mental hospitals changed radically in the mid-1950s with the widespread adoption of which of the following to treat psychopathology?

The main mode of action of the anxiolytics is to

A form of learning in which simple responses (especially reflexes)are associated with new stimuli is called

Aversion therapy,desensitization,and token economies are part of __________ therapy.

Regarding prefrontal lobotomies,which of the following statements is TRUE?

An approach in which patients receive treatment at a hospital during the day,but return home at night is referred to as

Which of the following is the most likely consequence of punishment?

Virtual reality exposure refers to

Jenny,a 19-year-old college student,is playing online blackjack and tells her friends that she just "gets a feeling" and bets accordingly,and so far she has won.Since her hunches have been really on target lately,she plans to bet a little more money.Jenny is exhibiting which of the cognitive distortions that lead to a gambling addiction?

Lately,you have been reinforcing your child's temper tantrums with your attention.If you withhold your attention,ignoring the temper tantrums for several days,they will eventually stop.A psychologist would call this effect

By using tokens,a therapist can