People Primarily Compare Themselves to __________

question 37

Multiple Choice

People primarily compare themselves to __________.

• A) other people in other cultures
• B) other people in their own culture
• C) their imagined self
• D) their past selves

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Definitions:

Stimulus

Any event or situation that evokes a response from an organism.

Systematic Desensitization

A behavioral therapy technique used to reduce phobic responses or anxiety through gradual exposure to the feared object or situation coupled with relaxation exercises.

Counterconditioning

A behavioral therapy technique that involves teaching the patient to associate a positive response with a stimulus that previously elicited a negative response.

CS

Stands for "Conditioned Stimulus," which is a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.