One Could Think of the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies as a Method

question 49

Short Answer

One could think of the cognitive-behavioral therapies as a method for falsifying __________.

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

A cognitive bias that results in a person recalling information presented at the beginning of a list better than information in the middle or end.

Selective Attention

The cognitive process of focusing on a particular object, event, or process while ignoring others, in a limited capacity of awareness.

Contrast Effect

A cognitive bias where the difference between two things is exaggerated because they are compared directly to each other.

Perceptual Distortion

A cognitive bias that affects how one perceives reality, often leading to inaccuracies or misinterpretations.