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Behaviorism
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(A) 10 warning signs of pseudoscience
(B) 10 warning signs of pseudoscience
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In operant conditioning, this is the contingent presentation of a pleasant outcome, which then strengthens subsequent responding.
What is positive reinforcement?
100
People with ____ attachment tend to have less mental illness.
What is secure attachment?
100
Situational thoughts & images that are our interpretation of stimuli.
What are automatic thoughts?
100
"Everything in the world is just different shades of blue" is an example of this.
What is lack of falsifiability?
100
"People have reported benefits from bloodletting since the days of the Roman Empire!" is an example of this.
What is an argument from antiquity?
200
In operant conditioning, this is the process in which a consequence, which follows a response, increases the likelihood that the response will be repeated in the same situation in the future.
What is reinforcement?
200
People with fearful attachment styles have ____ self-esteem and _____ sociability.
What is lower and lower?
200
“Successful people should get all As” is an example of ______.
What are conditional assumptions?
200
The homeopathic argument that water has memory, which is inconsistent with robust evidence from numerous lines of research in other disciplines, is an example of this.
What is an absence of connectivity with other research?
200
Making big claims for my health product on morning TV shows but never subjecting it to scientific scrutiny is an example of this.
What is avoidance of peer review?
300
In operant conditioning, this is the contingent removal of an unpleasant stimulus, which then strengthens subsequent responding.
What is negative reinforcement?
300
In IPT, this interpersonal problem area has fallen out of use.
What are interpersonal deficits?
300
An common example of these is "I am inadequate."
What are core beliefs?
300
The claim that a piece of jewelry's "circular form and spherical terminals offer low resistance to the bioelectrical conductibility of the alpha and beta waves, facilitating the discharge of excess positive ions or static electricity" is an example of this.
What is the use of psychobabble/hypertechnical language?
300
Behavioral therapy protocols for panic disorder used to teach patients to use relaxation techniques when they feel panicky. Careful research determined the relaxation techniques might be iatrogenic. Modern protocols stopped including them, an example of this.
What is self-correction?
400
This provides quick relief, but interferes with exposure, preventing extinction from occurring.
What is avoidance?
400
Maintenance therapy in IPT may last for ______.
What is up to one year?
400
This is a homework assignment that involves taking ACTION to test whether an unhelpful thought is accurate.
What is a behavioral experiment?
400
"My no touch knockout didn't work? Oh, it's because you raised your big toe!" is an example of these.
What are ad-hoc hypotheses?
400
If I claim that psychodynamic therapy is highly effective for treating panic disorder, but the only data I offer are from a single quasi-experimental study with 20 participants, I am making this.
What is an extraordinary claim in the absence of extraordinary evidence?
500
This theory explains both the development and maintenance of phobias.
What is Mowrer's two-factor theory?
500
"To get a more complete understanding of your life circumstances right now, I think it’d be useful to talk about the important people in your life," is something that might be said to a patient during this phase of IPT.
What is the initial phase?
500
This is the process of helping patients to gather and modify their own thoughts.
What is guided discovery?
500
If I claimed that cognitive therapy treated all mental health conditions, my claim lacks this.
What are boundary conditions?
500
"I know 'no touch knockouts' are real because I've seen plenty of karate students get knocked out by their masters like that! What more data do you need?!" is an example of this.
What is an overreliance on anecdotes/testimonials?