A Classical-Conditioning Explanation for PTSD Suggests That PTSD Patients

question 54

Multiple Choice

A classical-conditioning explanation for PTSD suggests that PTSD patients:

• A) take longer to extinguish a CR.
• B) fail to acquire CS-US associations.
• C) extinguish the CR more quickly.
• D) are slower to acquire CS-US associations.

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Definitions:

Working Backward

A problem-solving strategy where the solver starts from the desired goal and works in reverse order to reach the initial problem state.

Elimination-by-aspects

A decision-making model where choices are sequentially filtered based on specific criteria until one option remains.

Compensatory Decision-making

A decision-making process where individuals make choices by weighing the pros and cons of different options to compensate for weaker attributes by stronger ones.

Functional Fixedness

A cognitive bias that limits a person to use an object only in the way it is traditionally used, ignoring other possible uses.