In the phobia study by Marshall using clients who were afraid of heights, it was found that:
a. most clients who were exposed to the dreaded situation for long time periods were able subsequently to walk up the fire escape stairs to the 20-foot level
b. clients who were not exposed to the dreaded object were able subsequently to walk up the entire 30 feet
c. all clients who were exposed to the dreaded object for brief periods of time showed an increased fear of heights
d. the length of exposure to the dreaded situation had considerable negative impact on introverts but not extraverts
Question 2Hecker and Thorpe believe that flooding is most effective in reducing or eliminating fear when the:
a. exposure to the dreaded object or situation is brief
b. exposure to the dreaded object or situation is prolonged rather than brief
c. person is exposed to the dreaded object for five minutes
d. phobic person is a man rather than a woman
Question 3Which one of the following systems prepares the person for fight or flight?
a. parasympathetic system
b. conditioning system
c. counterconditioning system
d. sympathetic system
Question 4The autonomic nervous system consists of the:
a. sympathetic and autonomic components
b. sympathetic and parasympathetic components
c. parasympathetic and brain stem components
d. visceral and sympathetic components
Question 5The procedure whereby the person learns to make a new response to a fear-producing stimulus is called:
a. counterconditioning
b. stimulus conditioning
c. fear conditioning
d. operant conditioning
Question 6In the phobia conditioning experiment in which little Albert was the subject (study participant), the loud, fear-producing noise was the:
a. conditioned stimulus
b. unconditioned response
c. unconditioned stimulus
d. conditioned response
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