Reviews of Psychological Interventions for Problem Drinking Show​

question 10

Multiple Choice

Reviews of psychological interventions for problem drinking show​

• A) ​brief interventions and techniques oriented toward changing motivation are most effective.
• B) ​psychotherapeutic programs overall are less effective than Alcoholics Anonymous.
• C) ​once a person is an alcoholic, that person can never return to controlled drinking.
• D) ​group therapy has been found to be more effective than individual therapy has been.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction or behavior to a conditioned stimulus that occurs after conditioning in classical conditioning experiments.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, reflexive reaction that occurs in response to an unconditioned stimulus without prior learning or conditioning.

Empiricist

An empiricist is someone who emphasizes the role of experience and evidence from the senses in the acquisition of knowledge.

Synaptic Connections

The points at which neurons communicate with each other through chemical signals across the synaptic gap.