Josh Really Wants to Lose About 30 Pounds

question 56

Multiple Choice

Josh really wants to lose about 30 pounds. So he figures out that all he needs to do is lose a pound a day for a month and he'll be there. Josh has just engaged in

• A) using a mental set
• B) a means-ends analysis
• C) a framing analysis
• D) deductive reasoning
• E) using an algorithm

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Definitions:

REBT

REBT, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on identifying irrational beliefs, challenging these beliefs, and replacing them with more rational and adaptive thoughts.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique that involves replacing an unwanted or problematic response with a desired behavior.

Behavioral Interventions

Strategies and techniques used to modify an individual's behavior, often applied in educational and therapeutic settings.

Stoicism

A philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world, emphasizing the development of self-control and fortitude as a means of overcoming destructive emotions.