All of the Following Are Ways in Which Mental Health

question 207

Multiple Choice

All of the following are ways in which mental health professionals might function as scientist-practitioners

• A)analyzing their own motivations and reasons for helping people with psychological problems.
• B)evaluating their own assessments and treatments for effectiveness.
• C)conducting research leading to new information about mental disorders and their treatments.
• D)using the most current diagnostic and treatment procedures.

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Definitions:

Observing Others

The act of watching the behaviors, actions, or reactions of individuals or groups to learn, analyze, or make inferences about them.

Unlearned Response

A natural, innate reaction to a stimulus that occurs without the need for prior experience or learning.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that pairs a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to trigger an involuntary response.

Desensitization

The type of sensory adaptation in which we become less sensitive to constant stimuli. Also called negative adaptation.