In Order to Help Their Clients, Cognitive Therapists Look for

question 551

Multiple Choice

In order to help their clients, cognitive therapists look for

• A)the absence of effective coping skills or the presence of self-defeating thoughts.
• B)the underlying causes of depression and the reinforcement that is maintaining them.
• C)conditioned avoidance and escape responding.
• D)unconscious conflicts and efforts to distort reality.

Understand the role of hormones, especially leptin, in appetite regulation and body weight management.

Analyze the concept of set point in determining constant body weight.

Identify genetic and environmental factors impacting obesity with a focus on the Pima Indians.

Recognize the hypothalamus's critical role in starting and stopping eating behaviors.

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Definitions:

Tolerance

The process by which the body increasingly adapts to a substance (like alcohol or drugs), requiring larger amounts to achieve the original effect.

Drugs

Substances that have physiological effects upon ingestion or introduction into the body, often used medicinally but also for recreation or performance enhancement.

Injecting

The act of introducing a substance into the body, specifically into the bloodstream, with a syringe and needle.

Ingesting a Substance

The act of orally consuming any material, especially for nutritional or medicinal purposes.