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chapter 6 learning psychology section

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One must be particularly cautious about using flooding therapy with a person who suffers from _____.
​post-traumatic stress disorder
Aaron is more reactive to loud noises and sudden events than Kevin is. Using the terminology provided in the text, we would say that there seems to be a difference in _____ between Aaron and Kevin. This difference is to a large extent _____.
temperament; genetically determined
​Aversion therapy for alcoholism often involves
​pairing alcohol ingestion with nause, pairing alcohol ingestion with relaxation
​The basic principle involved in flooding is _____.
extinction
Through the process of _____, a person's reactivity to a potentially fearful stimulus could increase following exposure to an unrelated stressful event.
c.
​selective sensitization
​A mild fear can grow into a major phobia as a result of _____.
​selective sensitization
​Which of the following is a step in systematic desensitization?
​The creation of a hierarchy of progressively more fearful imaginary scenes, ​Training in deep muscle relaxatio
​In the Watson and Rayner experiment with Little Albert, Albert's fear of the _____ was regarded as evidence of stimulus generalization.
​Sant​a Claus mask
​One must be particularly cautious about using flooding therapy with a person who suffers from _____.
​post-traumatic stress disorder
Which of the following is a disadvantage of the method of flooding?
Both a and b are correct.
​In the context of aversion therapy, for both smoking and alcoholism, _____ treatments are more effective than _____ treatments.
a.
​nausea-based; shock-based
​For flooding to be effective, the period of exposure to the feared stimulus must be _____.
​sufficiently long
​Which of the following statements is true of systematic desensitization?
​It employs deep muscle relaxation to combat the effects of anxiety.
Systematic desensitization involves pairing _____ with a succession of stimuli that elicit _____ levels of fear.
relaxation; increasing
​Which of the following strategies was used in Mary Cover Jones's experiment to eliminate the fear of rabbits in Peter, a two-year-old boy?
neither The rabbit was placed in Peter's lap for long periods of time. or ​The presentation of the rabbit was paired with relaxation.
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