Joan Goes to a Therapist to Learn How to Become

question 190

Multiple Choice

Joan goes to a therapist to learn how to become more assertive. The therapist teaches Joan a therapeutic technique in which a person engages in persistent repetition of one's position on a subject to "wear down the opposition." This technique is called ______.

• A) behavioral rehearsal
• B) role playing
• C) fogging
• D) the broken record technique

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Definitions:

Perception

The method by which the sensations experienced at any given moment are interpreted and organized in some meaningful fashion.

Hippocampus

A part of the brain within the temporal lobe, crucial for memory formation and spatial navigation.

Proactive and Retroactive Inhibition

Forms of interference where old information interferes with the learning of new information (proactive) and where new information causes forgetting of old information (retroactive).

New Long-Term Memories

The process of converting new information into a state that can be recalled after a period of time, involving the consolidation and storage of information.