The Effectiveness of Exposure with Response Prevention in the Treatment

question 73

Multiple Choice

The effectiveness of exposure with response prevention in the treatment of OCD is likely due to

• A)resistance.
• B)extinction.
• C)modeling.
• D)operant conditioning.

Understand the concepts of reliability and validity in psychological assessment.

Acknowledge the role of placebos in research and their effects.

Grasp the criteria for determining cause-and-effect relationships in epidemiology.

Recognize the importance of theory in scientific research.

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Definitions:

Sensory Information

Data received through the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell) that informs an individual about their environment.

Receptive Fields

Specific areas within the sensory nervous system that, when stimulated, affect the activity of neurons.

Preexisting Categories

Cognitive classifications or groups that an individual has already formed before encountering new information, which helps in organizing and assimilating new data.

ΔI

Signifies a change in a variable, commonly used in mathematics and physics to denote a change in intensity or other measurable factors.