Psychologists' Personal Values and Goals

question 179

Multiple Choice

Psychologists' personal values and goals

• A) are carefully tested by means of observation and experimentation.
• B) lead them to avoid experiments involving human participants.
• C) can bias their observations and interpretations.
• D) have very little influence on the process of scientific observation.

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Definitions:

Systematic Desensitization

In behavior therapy, a step-by-step process of desensitizing a client to a feared object or experience; it is based on the classical-conditioning procedure of counterconditioning.

Behavior Therapy

A form of therapy that applies principles of classical and operant conditioning to help people change self-defeating or problematic behaviors.

Phobias

Intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations.

Family Therapist

A mental health professional specializing in treating psychological, emotional, and behavioral issues by working with families and couples in intimate relationships.