Question 1

In cases where it may be impractical for the client to act out or observe models performing a feared behavior,desensitization works well if the

Accepted Answer

A)  therapist uses aversive conditioning.
B)  therapist films the client.
C)  client understands the causes of the feared behavior.
D)  client vividly imagines each step in the fear hierarchy.

Question 2

The full-scale use of tokens in an institutional setting in which patients are rewarded with tokens for a wide range of socially desirable or productive activities is called

Accepted Answer

A)  virtual reality exposure.
B)  a vicarious learning model.
C)  a token economy.
D)  logotherapy.

Question 3

Jaime has gone through a series of steps that helped her gradually adapt and overcome her fear of the high diving board.When she has conquered her fear,we say that which of the following has occurred?

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A)  catharsis
B)  role reversal
C)  desensitization
D)  adaptive extinction

Question 4

Rex is undergoing systematic desensitization for his fear of flying.He will be relaxing to each item on a list of fear- provoking situations,arranged from least disturbing to most frightening.This list is called the

Accepted Answer

A)  aversion series.
B)  adaptation steps.
C)  reciprocal inhibition states.
D)  fear hierarchy.

Question 5

The advantages of token economies include which of the following?

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A)  giving clients an incentive to change
B)  holding individuals responsible for maladaptive habits and actions
C)  returning many "hopelessly" intellectually disabled,mentally ill,or delinquent individuals to productive lives
D)  doing all of these

Question 6

An athletic team almost always wins the game when they play at "home" but they seldom win a game played "on the road." Their winning appears to be influenced by where the game is played.This illustrates the operant principle of

Accepted Answer

A)  shaping.
B)  punishment.
C)  extinction.
D)  stimulus control.

Question 7

Which of the following pioneered a type of aversive therapy in which clients receive painful electric shocks while they are drinking alcoholic beverages?

Accepted Answer

A)  Francine Shapiro
B)  Fritz Perls
C)  Roger Vogler
D)  Joseph Wolpe

Question 8

Explain how operant conditioning is used to modify human behavior by listing and describing the six operant principles most often used by behavior therapists.

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Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  shaping.
B)  stimulus control.
C)  reciprocal inhibition.
D)  time-out.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A)  throw her into the deep end of the pool.
B)  help her relax while she gradually becomes accustomed to deeper water.
C)  explore how she originally became afraid of water.
D)  substitute more rational thoughts for her distorted obsessive thoughts about drowning.

Question 11

In breaking the smoking habit,the technique known as rapid smoking would be considered a type of

Accepted Answer

A)  aversion therapy.
B)  logotherapy.
C)  desensitization.
D)  operant conditioning therapy.

Question 12

When a neutral stimulus is followed by an unconditioned stimulus that consistently produces an unlearned reaction,called the unconditioned response,the previously neutral stimulus begins to produce this response directly.This process is called

Accepted Answer

A)  classical conditioning.
B)  operant conditioning.
C)  social learning.
D)  observational learning.

Question 13

Patti's therapist has her put on a head­mounted 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

Accepted Answer

A)  EMDR.
B)  virtual reality exposure.
C)  aversive conditioning.
D)  covert sensitization.

Question 14

Patrick and Mike 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 ____________________.

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The answer of Patrick and Mike are brothers who are...

Question 15

Desensitization can be completed in one session for some fears,such as riding in an elevator.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Harriet,a student nurse,was at first extremely uncomfortable at the sight of blood.After a month of working in the emergency room,she is no longer upset when confronted with serious injuries.Harriet has undergone

Accepted Answer

A)  time out.
B)  shaping.
C)  desensitization.
D)  trial-and-error learning.

Question 17

Part of Roger Vogler's aversion therapy with alcoholics involves

Accepted Answer

A)  the use of nauseating drugs.
B)  administering an electric shock to their hand.
C)  token economies.
D)  systematic desensitization.

Question 18

To treat her fear of flying,Marla's therapist is using virtual reality exposure,which is a type of

Accepted Answer

A)  psychodrama.
B)  ECT therapy.
C)  cognitive therapy.
D)  desensitization.

Question 19

Stimulus control is an operant conditioning procedure in which

Accepted Answer

A)  a response is followed by discomfort or an undesirable effect.
B)  close approximations to a desired response are rewarded.
C)  a person is removed from a situation to prevent reward.
D)  responses come under the influence of the situation in which they occur.

Question 20

Behavior modification involves

Accepted Answer

A)  applying nondirective techniques such as unconditional positive regard to clients.
B)  psychodynamic approaches to specific behavior disturbances.
C)  the use of learning principles,such as classical and operant conditioning to change behavior.
D)  the use of insight therapy to change upsetting thoughts and beliefs.

Exam 67: Therapies: Behavior Therapies

The advantages of token economies include which of the following?

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

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Part of Roger Vogler's aversion therapy with alcoholics involves

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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

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The full-scale use of tokens in an institutional setting in which patients are rewarded with tokens for a wide range of socially desirable or productive activities is called

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An athletic team almost always wins the game when they play at "home" but they seldom win a game played "on the road." Their winning appears to be influenced by where the game is played.This illustrates the operant principle of

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Patrick and Mike 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 ____________________.

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When a neutral stimulus is followed by an unconditioned stimulus that consistently produces an unlearned reaction,called the unconditioned response,the previously neutral stimulus begins to produce this response directly.This process is called

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To treat her fear of flying,Marla's therapist is using virtual reality exposure,which is a type of

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Harriet,a student nurse,was at first extremely uncomfortable at the sight of blood.After a month of working in the emergency room,she is no longer upset when confronted with serious injuries.Harriet has undergone

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Which of the following pioneered a type of aversive therapy in which clients receive painful electric shocks while they are drinking alcoholic beverages?

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Jaime has gone through a series of steps that helped her gradually adapt and overcome her fear of the high diving board.When she has conquered her fear,we say that which of the following has occurred?

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Explain how operant conditioning is used to modify human behavior by listing and describing the six operant principles most often used by behavior therapists.

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Desensitization can be completed in one session for some fears,such as riding in an elevator.

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In breaking the smoking habit,the technique known as rapid smoking would be considered a type of

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

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Part of Roger Vogler's aversion therapy with alcoholics involves

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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

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The full-scale use of tokens in an institutional setting in which patients are rewarded with tokens for a wide range of socially desirable or productive activities is called

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Patrick and Mike 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 ____________________.

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When a neutral stimulus is followed by an unconditioned stimulus that consistently produces an unlearned reaction,called the unconditioned response,the previously neutral stimulus begins to produce this response directly.This process is called

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To treat her fear of flying,Marla's therapist is using virtual reality exposure,which is a type of

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Harriet,a student nurse,was at first extremely uncomfortable at the sight of blood.After a month of working in the emergency room,she is no longer upset when confronted with serious injuries.Harriet has undergone

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