Decentering Involves Becoming Aware That Your Thoughts Are

question 20

Multiple Choice

Decentering involves becoming aware that your thoughts are

• A)consciously malleable.
• B)outside of cognitive control.
• C)not necessarily self-descriptive.
• D)another form of behavior.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

An educational method involving the repeated pairing of two stimuli, resulting in a reaction initially provoked by the second stimulus being eventually provoked by the first stimulus.

Secondary Reinforcer

A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer.

Primary Reinforcer

A naturally reinforcing stimulus, such as food or water, that does not require learning to become desirable.

Partial Reinforcement Extinction Effect

A phenomenon where behaviors reinforced intermittently are more resistant to extinction than behaviors reinforced continuously.