The evaluation of the frequency, intensity, and duration of a behavior is known as
a. behavioral assessment.
b. establishing a baseline.
c. a critical response.
d. operant conditioning.
Cognitive-behavioral and traditional procedures differ in that
a. cognitive-behavioral procedures are more direct and remain closer to observable behaviors.
b. traditional procedures have fewer inferential assumptions.
c. traditional procedures measure the overt manifestations of psychological disorders.
d. cognitive-behavioral procedures tend to be based on the medical model.
When traditional and cognitive-behavioral procedures are compared,
a. traditional procedures are clearly superior.
b. traditional procedures are more related to treatment.
c. both are based on the same underlying philosophy.
d. cognitive-behavioral procedures are more related to treatment.
Which of the following models assumes that overt manifestations of psychopathology are only symptoms of an underlying problem?
a. Kanfer and Saslow's model
b. the operant conditioning model
c. the medical model
d. the social ecology model
The major distinction between cognitive-behavioral and traditional self-report procedures is that
a. cognitive-behavioral assessment deals mostly with issues of intelligence.
b. traditional self report procedures ask questions about autobiographical memory.
c. the former is used with children and the later is used with adults.
d. cognitive-behavioral assessment has concentrated on the phenomenon of fear.
A behavioral assessment that involves evaluating the current frequency of a behavior, designing a treatment intervention using reinforcement, and then evaluating the effect of the treatment relative to a baseline, is based on
a. classical conditioning.
b. psychosocial effects.
c. operant conditioning.
d. backward conditioning.
Joey's parents went to a therapist to help them overcome Joey's fear of going to school. Before she helped them create a reward system for each time their son went to school without crying, the therapist first determined the severity and frequency of the behavior. The therapist was
a. establishing a baseline.
b. developing a diagnosis.
c. establishing rapport.
d. assessing the cause of behavior.
Dr. Moore was convinced he would not be able to help his client control his compulsive overeating, unless he discovered the reason behind the behavior. Therefore, the tests he used were intended to examine these underlying causes. Dr. Moore was following the
a. biopsychosocial model.
b. psychoanalytic approach.
c. cognitive approach.
d. medical model.
Cognitive-behavioral assessments focus on ____ as the main problem in a disorder.
a. the behavior
b. repressed memory
c. previous trauma
d. personality
Tests based on behavior modification and used as an alternative to traditional tests are known as
a. projective assessments.
b. cognitive-behavioral assessments.
c. personality tests.
d. psychoanalytic assessments.
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