Lamont's Therapist Helps Him Construct a List of Fear-Producing Situations

question 111

Multiple Choice

Lamont's therapist helps him construct a list of fear-producing situations involving heights. His therapist then teaches Lamont exercises that produce deep relaxation. Once Lamont is relaxed, he attempts the first item on the list, which is "standing on a chair." The first item is repeated until Lamont feels no anxiety. He then proceeds to the second item "climbing a small stepladder." During the next six weeks, this procedure continues until Lamont performs the last item of "flying in an airplane." Lamont and his therapist are using

• A)aversive conditioning.
• B)systematic desensitization.
• C)rational-emotive behavior therapy.
• D)rational confrontation.

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Definitions:

Expected Cell Counts

In chi-squared tests, these refer to the theoretically predicted frequencies of observations in the categories of a contingency table under the null hypothesis.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or in the calculation after estimating certain parameters.

Contingency Table

A table used to display the frequency distribution of variables and analyze the relationship between categorical variables.

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or effect and serves as the default or starting assumption in hypothesis testing.