Exam 15: Extension B: Therapies

If you set your clock ten minutes fast, it may be easier to leave the house on time in the morning.Even though you know that the clock is fast, your departure is under the _____ of the clock situation.

Part of Roger Vogler's aversion therapy with alcoholics involves

Desensitization is primarily used to

The most common way of doing desensitization involves

An effective alternative to vicarious desensitization is to have the client

Which of the following is considered an action therapy?

When Susie wore her new pink outfit, she got several compliments.However, when she wore her new green outfit, she did not receive any compliments.Consequently, Susie wears her green outfit less frequently because of the _____ toward this particular outfit.

Sarento's fear of flying is treated by exposing him to a three-dimensional, computer-generated "world" in which he can experience walking onto a plane, being seated, and taking off.This computerized environment that responds to a viewer's head movements and other inputs is part of a behavioral therapy known as

Amy is having a small party in her apartment.Her next door neighbor asks her if she could turn down the music because she has to get up and work tomorrow.Amy tells her friends that "the old woman next door is such a pain that I'm going to turn the music up even louder." According to REBT, Amy

Systematic desensitization involves

If you get praised by your parents for making A's in your college courses, the grades are

In order to help their clients, cognitive therapists look for

Sarita tends to classify her classmates, her teachers, and information presented in class as absolutely right or wrong, acceptable or unacceptable, or good or bad.Sarita is exhibiting

Tokens are _____ reinforcers that can be exchanged for candy, food, watching TV, or privileges.

Juan has claustrophobia; so Juan's therapist gradually exposes Juan to smaller and smaller places while Juan relaxes to each step in the hierarchy, beginning with the lowest fear-producing item.Juan's phobia is being treated with

Although he has lost his business and his wife has left him, George still believes he is an excellent gambler, who is just having "a run of bad luck" that will soon change.Regarding George's situation, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Tokens are

According to cognitive psychologists, when a person perceiving only certain stimuli among a larger array of possibilities, this distortion in thinking is called

Both aversion therapy and desensitization are based on _____ conditioning.

Cognitive therapists help people to change maladaptive thinking patterns by