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VT PSYC 1004 Exam 3 2024/2025 Questions With Completed & Verified Solutions.
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VT PSYC 1004 Exam 3A psychotherapist instructs Dane to relax, close his eyes, and state aloud whatever
thoughts come to mind no matter how trivial or absurd. The therapist is using a
technique known as - ANS - free assoication
A researcher at a university in Nevada claims to have discovered that humans have a
"gambling instinct." Another researcher in Hawaii claims humans have found a "surfing
instinct." What is wrong with these claims? - ANS - instead of explaining behaviors, they
are naming them.
A therapist helps Rebecca overcome her fear of water by getting her to swim in the
family's backyard pool three times a day for two consecutive weeks. The therapist's
approach to helping Rebecca best illustrates - ANS - exposure therapy
A year after surviving a classroom shooting incident, Kim-Li still responds with terror at
the sight of toy guns and to the sound of balloons popping. This reaction best illustrates
- ANS - generalization.
According to drive-reduction theory, a need refers to - ANS - a physiological state that
usually triggers motivational arousal.
Achievement motivation - ANS - A desire for significant accomplishment, for mastery of
skills or ideas, for control, and for attaining a high standard
active listening - ANS - Empathic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and
clarifies. A feature of Rogers' client-centered therapy.
adaption-level phenomenon - ANS - our tendency to form judgments (of sounds, of
lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience
aerobic exercise - ANS - sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; also
helps alleviate depression and anxiety
Affiliation need - ANS - they need to build relationships and to feel part of a group
After a scary biking accident, Alex extinguished his conditioned fear of bikes by cycling
on a safe bike trail every day for a week. The reappearance of his previously extinguished
fear when he rode a bike on the same trail two weeks later best illustrates - ANS -
spontaneous recovery.
, After being physically aroused by his daily three-mile run, Martin finds that he
experiences stronger resentment if his wife asks for an unexpected favor and more
intense romantic feelings if she kisses him. Martin's experience can best be explained by
the - ANS - two-factor theory.
After learning to fear a white rat, Little Albert responded with fear to the sight of a rabbit.
This best illustrates the process of - ANS - generalization.
After receiving exciting news about the birth of a healthy grandson, Mr. Haney was easily
persuaded to contribute a generous sum of money to a neighborhood church. This best
illustrates - ANS - the feel-good, do-good phenomenon.
Alex experiences little distress because he expects things to work out the way he wants
them to. This best illustrates the value of - ANS - optimism
Anti-anxiety drugs - ANS - Drugs used to control anxiety and agitation
Antidepressant drugs - ANS - Drugs used to treat depression, anxiety disorders,
obsessive compulsive disorder, and post traumatic stress disorder (several widely used
anti-depressant drugs are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - SSRIs)
Antipsychotic drugs - ANS - drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe
thought disorder
aversive conditioning - ANS - associates an unpleasant state (such as nausea) with an
unwanted behavior (such as drinking alcohol)
basal metabolic rate - ANS - The body's resting rate of energy output
behavior feedback affect - ANS - The tendency of behavior to influence our own and
others' thoughts and feelings and actions
behavior therapy - ANS - therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of
unwanted behaviors
Benny's mother tries to reduce his fear of sailing by giving her three-year-old his favorite
candy as soon as she boards the boat. The mother's strategy best illustrates - ANS -
counterconditioning
Bernard is an ambitious, highly competitive corporate lawyer who recently had a heart
attack. He tends to be impatient and a perfectionist, and he gets angry over little things.
Research suggests that Bernard's susceptibility to heart attacks may be most closely
linked to his - ANS - anger
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