Gardenia Is Trying to Avoid Thinking About the Near-Fatal Car

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Essay

Gardenia is trying to avoid thinking about the near-fatal car accident that she was in last year. She hasn't been able to drive to that side of the city since the accident. Her therapist has recommended that Gardenia participate in exposure treatments. Describe what this experience will entail, based on your knowledge of behaviour therapies.

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Definitions:

Discriminant Validity

The degree to which a test or measure differentiates between two distinct constructs or entities.

Need For Status

The desire or aspiration to obtain a high social standing within a group or society.

Congruent Validity

A measure of how well a particular test correlates with a previously validated measure.

Internal Consistency

The degree to which different elements of a psychological test or assessment measure the same concept or construct.