ch.15- Therapy

Question 1

counter conditioning

Answer 1

therapies like exposure therapy and aversive conditioning that evokes new responses to stimuli that evoke the unwanted behavior

Question 2

systematic desensitization

Answer 2

This approach is based on conditioning relaxation with the feared object or object of anxiety. Gradually increasing the anxiety-triggering stimuli!!!

Question 3

regression toward the mean

Answer 3

he tendency for scores to average out. In this case extreme scores tend to happen rarely and seem to fall back toward the average

Question 4

meta analysis

Answer 4

a research strategy where instead of conducting new research with participants, the researchers examine the results of several previous studies.

Question 5

antipsychotic drugs

Answer 5

treats schizophrenia

Question 6

tardive dyskinesia

Answer 6

a nervous system disorder that results in repetitive, involuntary body movements of tongue, facial muscles, and limbs

Question 7

electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Answer 7

biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electrical current s sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient

Question 8

repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

Answer 8

the application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain; used to stimulate or suppress brain activity