Exposure Therapies Involve Replacing a Negative Response with a Positive

question 81

Multiple Choice

Exposure therapies involve replacing a negative response with a positive response, whereas ________ involves replacing a positive response with a negative response.

• A) transference
• B) operant conditioning
• C) aversive conditioning
• D) electroconvulsive therapy

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Definitions:

Stereotypes

Widely held but fixed and oversimplified images or ideas of a particular type of person or thing, which often do not reflect reality.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

Expectations about a situation or person that lead to behaviors which cause the expectation to come true.

Cognitive Dissonance

A psychological concept describing the discomfort felt when holding conflicting cognition, beliefs, or values, prompting individuals to seek consistency.

Festinger

Leon Festinger was a social psychologist known for the theory of cognitive dissonance, which describes the discomfort felt when holding conflicting beliefs or values.