A Therapist Who Wants to Reward a Client for Performing

question 145

Multiple Choice

A therapist who wants to reward a client for performing a target behavior may use _____. With this technique, a client earns items or points for performing a particular behavior.

• A) counterconditioning
• B) in vivo exposure
• C) a token economy
• D) classical conditioning

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Definitions:

Criminally Insane

A legal term used to describe a person who is found to be not responsible for their crimes due to mental illness.

Lobotomies

Surgical operations on the brain, once used to treat mental illness, involving severing connections in the prefrontal cortex, now widely discredited and abandoned.

Frontal Lobes

The frontal lobes are regions of the brain involved in decision making, problem solving, control of purposeful behaviors, consciousness, and emotions.

Lesioning

A medical or experimental procedure that involves damaging a specific area of the brain or other tissue to study its function or treat diseases.