A Therapist Is Treating a Client with a Conversion Disorder

question 14

Multiple Choice

A therapist is treating a client with a conversion disorder.The therapist is working to reduce the pleasurable outcomes associated with being sick and increase the rewards associated with being well.What is this technique called?

• A) confrontation
• B) reinforcement
• C) suggestion
• D) posthypnotic suggestion

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Definitions:

Higher-Order Conditioning

A conditioning process in which a stimulus that previously was neutral is paired with a conditioned stimulus to produce the same conditioned response, even in the absence of the original unconditioned stimulus.

Spontaneous Recovery

The return of a conditioned response that had previously been eliminated, following a period where the conditioned stimulus was not presented.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned response, often occurring when the reinforcement previously associated with the behavior is removed.

Stimulus Generalization

A process in which a response to a specific stimulus becomes associated to other stimuli that are similar, leading to a similar response.