Exam 15: B: Therapies

At Mary's school,the teachers reward the desirable behaviors of the students by giving them "good cards" for each behavior.The students can then exchange the cards at the school "store" on Friday for candy,toys,or special privileges.This school is utilizing a therapeutic program known as

Carena has a bad habit of biting her fingernails and pulling at her cuticles until her fingers bleed and have sores.Her therapist is teaching her how not to bite and pick at her fingernails using various learning principles.Her therapist is using

A type of psychosurgery that involves destroying small target areas in the brain's interior is called

Any surgical alteration of the brain designed to bring about desirable behavioral or emotional changes is referred to 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

Basic assumptions of behavior modification include which of the following?

Severely depressed patients have been helped by all of the following techniques EXCEPT for

Deinstitutionalization has resulted in former patients

The concept of reciprocal inhibition refers to the fact that

In order to achieve deep-muscle relaxation,Gayle tenses the muscles in her right arm until they tremble,holds them tight as she slowly counts to ten and then lets go.She allows her hand and arm to go limp and to relax completely.She repeats this procedure three times for her right arm,then proceeds to do the same sequence with her left arm,then her right leg,left leg,abdomen,chest,shoulders,chin,neck,and face.Gayle is using a procedure known as

The key to desensitization is

Regarding EMDR,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following involves using one emotional state to block another,such as it being impossible to be anxious and relaxed at the same time?

For every mentally ill American in a hospital,how many is/are trapped in the criminal justice system?

During aversion therapy,which of the following is being used to associate discomfort with the undesirable habit?

Clients are told to smoke continuously,taking a puff every six to eight seconds until they cannot stand it anymore during the aversion technique known as

Which of the following achieve their effects by altering the electrical activity of the brain?

Aversion therapy has been used to successfully treat all of the following EXCEPT

As Jamie goes through the series of steps for treatment of her fear of the high diving board,she will experience

In desensitization,a person