According to Data Reported in the Text, Over the Past

question 74

Multiple Choice

According to data reported in the text, over the past several years in the United States the death rate associated with AIDS has:

• A) increased slightly
• B) remained the same
• C) decreased slightly
• D) decreased substantially

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Definitions:

Cognitive Therapy

Form of psychotherapy that focuses on how a person’s thoughts lead to feelings of distress, with the aim of helping them change these irrational thoughts.

Transference

Process in psychoanalysis in which the patient transfers all of the positive or negative emotions associated with the patient’s other relationships to the psychoanalyst.

Aversive Conditioning

Counterconditioning technique that pairs an unpleasant stimulant with an undesirable behavior.

Systematic Desensitization

Form of exposure therapy used to treat phobias and anxiety disorders by exposing a person to the feared object or situation through a stimulus hierarchy.