Maria Goes to See a Therapist

question 189

Multiple Choice

Maria goes to see a therapist.She is depressed because her romantic relationships do not last.Her therapist specializes in disorders rooted in childhood abuse and uses special techniques to uncover repressed memories of this abuse.A potential problem for Maria in seeing this therapist is that:

• A) she may not be able to handle remembering the abuse
• B) the therapist may not be able to address other problems
• C) she may deliberately describe false cases of abuse to please her therapist
• D) the therapist may unintentionally create false memories of abuse

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Definitions:

Avoidance Learning

A learning process in which an individual learns a behavior or response to avoid an unpleasant or harmful stimulus.

Aversive Event

An unpleasant or undesirable event that causes a negative reaction in an individual, often used in psychology to study behaviors and conditioning.

Organism

A living entity that can function independently, including animals, plants, fungi, microorganisms, and in some contexts, viruses.

Punishment Learning

A form of learning in which an undesirable behavior decreases in frequency because it is followed by an unpleasant stimulus.