Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

question 40

Multiple Choice

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

• A)involves the use of electric shock to produce a cortical seizure and convulsions.
• B)is used primarily for the treatment of schizophrenia.
• C)has been used more often since the 1940s.
• D)is one of the key components in aversion therapy.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimuli

Stimuli that initially do not elicit a response but come to do so when associated with an unconditioned stimulus in the process of classical conditioning.

Feeding Behavior

Patterns and strategies related to how organisms obtain food, including searching, selecting, and consuming nutrients.

Trace Conditioning

A form of classical conditioning where the conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus are presented separately with a time gap in between.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become conditioned.