Psychologists Are Using Virtual Reality Technology

question 218

Multiple Choice

Psychologists are using virtual reality technology:

• A) as a form of aversive conditioning in the treatment of alcohol and cigarette addiction.
• B) to stimulate brain areas associated with phobias with magnetic pulses of various frequencies.
• C) to send electrical impulses to the brainstem via implanted electrodes in order to reduce chronic anxiety.
• D) to create computer-generated images that can be used in systematic desensitization therapy.

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Definitions:

Consumption

The act of using goods and services by households or individuals, leading to the depletion of wealth.

Equal Marginal Principle

Principle that utility is maximized when the consumer has equalized the marginal utility per dollar of expenditure across all goods.

Hicksian Substitution Effect

Alternative to the Slutsky equation for decomposing price changes without recourse to indifference curves.

Indifference Curves

A graph showing different bundles of goods between which a consumer is indifferent.