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61. Becci extremely afraid of snakes. Her therapist puts her in : 1201851
61. Becci is extremely afraid of snakes. Her therapist puts her in a room full of harmless garter snakes and doesn’t allow her to leave for several hours. When Becci finally leaves the room, she is no longer afraid of snakes. Becci’s therapist helped her overcome her snake phobia through the use of _____, which is a technique used by _____ therapists.
A. aversion conditioning; Gestalt
B. aversion conditioning; biological
C. flooding; behavior
D. flooding; psychodynamic
62. Jose has a fear of great apes. Jose’s therapist locks Jose in a room with a giant orangutan for two hours. After this, Jose is no longer afraid of big apes. Jose has experienced _____, which is based on the classical conditioning principle of _____.
A. systematic desensitization therapy; punishment
B. flooding; punishment
C. flooding; extinction
D. systematic desensitization therapy; extinction
63. Zelda is a junior high school teacher. When a student acts up, she prefers to modify the student’s behavior with the use of extinction. Therefore, Zelda is most likely going to
A. eliminate reinforcement of the misbehavior.
B. demonstrate an appropriate behavior for the student.
C. present an unpleasant stimulus.
D. reward the student for appropriate behaviors.
64. Jasper’s therapist suggests that they utilize implosive therapy to help him overcome his fear of public speaking. Most likely, Jasper’s therapist will
A. have Jasper imagine a detailed scenario in which he delivers a speech to a large audience.
B. arrange a public speaking situation and provide a mild shock when Jasper attempts to use escape behaviors.
C. have Jasper stand in front of an audience for an extended time until his fear subsides.
D. demonstrate techniques and skills for delivering a speech successfully.
65. April has a debilitating fear of enclosed spaces. During her latest session, her therapist asks her to imagine she is walking into an elevator. He describes in detail the size of the space, what it looks like, and how the doors close behind her. April holds onto these images until her fear becomes manageable. April’s therapist is using a technique called
A. aversion conditioning therapy.
B. free association.
C. implosive therapy.
D. flooding.
66. A cigarette smoker takes a nausea-inducing drug just prior to smoking a cigarette. After repeating this behavior on many occasions, the smoker learns to associate cigarettes with nausea, thereby lessening his desire to smoke. This example best illustrates
A. implosive therapy.
B. systematic desensitization therapy.
C. aversion conditioning.
D. flooding.
67. Toi’s parents are trying to get her to quit biting her fingernails. They paint her fingernails with an extremely foul-tasting substance. Now, when Toi attempts to bite a fingernail, it tastes so awful that she stops immediately. This is an example of
A. implosive therapy.
B. flooding.
C. aversion conditioning.
D. desensitization.
68. A young child is suffering from a life-threatening disorder in which he involuntarily regurgitates all food. When no other therapies work, the child is given electric shock to eliminate his vomiting behavior. The electric shock is a form of
A. systematic desensitization therapy.
B. positive reinforcement.
C. punishment.
D. covert sensitization.
69. Before Dr. Frank Castle may use punishment as a therapeutic means of eliminating a disruptive behavior, he is required by ethical and legal guidelines to ask himself if
A. he would want someone to do the same thing to him.
B. the client’s life is in danger without the treatment.
C. the benefits of the approach are based on scientific evidence.
D. the client has the agreed consent of at least one other therapist.
70. An individual who has the faulty belief that getting into medical school is the only possible way to have a happy, fulfilling life and who without going to medical school has no reason to live would have this faulty belief directly attacked by the therapist in _____ therapy.
A. object relations
B. rational-emotive
C. psychoanalytic
D. client-centered
