A Psychologist Who Decided to Use Behavior Therapy in Treating

question 55

Multiple Choice

A psychologist who decided to use behavior therapy in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder would be most likely to use which of the following procedures?

• A) Encourage the person to free associate or to discuss his or her problems openly.
• B) Expose the person to the distressing stimulus while preventing the compulsive behaviors.
• C) Carefully explain to the person why his or her behavior is irrational.
• D) Administer electroconvulsive shock therapy.

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Definitions:

Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon

A psychological phenomenon where a person is unable to recall a familiar word or name, despite feeling that it is just out of reach.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Repression

A defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory where unpleasant or traumatic memories are unconsciously excluded from conscious thought.

Decay

The process of gradual deterioration or the breakdown of organic matter, or, in terms of memory, the fading of information over time when it is not actively maintained or rehearsed.