The Concept of Using Storytelling and Metaphor to Create Helpful

question 28

Multiple Choice

The concept of using storytelling and metaphor to create helpful or healing imagery-based suggestions has a long and deep tradition in the world's major religions, in indigenous traditions such as those practiced by Native Americans, and in traditional Chinese medicine among others. Even though this method has been practiced for several millennia, psychologists were generally slow to adopt it until the late 1960s when Joseph Wolpe incorporated ____ into his systematic desensitization method.

• A) guided imagery
• B) autogenic training
• C) progressive muscle relaxation
• D) exposure imagery

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Definitions:

Social Construction

A theory in sociology that posits that many aspects of our lives and society are created and maintained through collective human agreement.

Life Span

The maximum duration that an individual of a species can live, as well as the duration of an individual's life from birth to death.

Attachment Bonding

The emotional connection that develops between an infant and their primary caregiver, forming the basis for further emotional and social development.

Basic Needs

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