Since Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Change Troublesome Thoughts and Behaviors

question 241

Multiple Choice

Since cognitive and behavioral therapies change troublesome thoughts and behaviors, respectively, without looking for the origins of these thoughts and behaviors, these therapies would be considered __________ therapies.

• A)directive
• B)nondirective
• C)action
• D)insight

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Definitions:

ERPs

Event-Related Potentials, which are measured brain responses that are the direct result of a specific sensory, cognitive, or motor event.

Stimuli

External or internal factors that elicit a response from a biological organism, which can be sensory, such as light and sound, or psychological, such as events or conditions that provoke reactions.

Endorphins

Natural chemicals produced by the body that interact with opiate receptors in the brain to reduce pain and boost feelings of pleasure or euphoria.

Evolutionary Advantage

A characteristic that enhances the survival or reproduction of organisms that possess it, relative to those that do not.