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6 years ago
Who is an early investigator of classical conditioning?
 
  a. Ivan Pavlov
  b. B.F. Skinner
  c. John B. Watson
  d. Edward Thorndike
  e. Joseph Wolpe

Q. 2

Looking to other people as guides for behavior is recognized by behaviorists as ____________________.
 
  a. imprinting
  b. lifting
  c. conditioning
  d. modeling
  e. socializing

Q. 3

What would Skinner say about the use of Time Out when controlling child behavior?
 
  a. That it is as important to control what precedes a behavior as what follows it.
  b. Time outs are ineffective because they do not introduce a new adaptive behavior.
  c. That directing behavior with behavior is ill-advised.
  d. Time outs can be effective if they are controlled and well-timed.
  e. That modeling during time out is critical.

Q. 4

What is the etiological conceptualization associated with behavioral therapy?
 
  a. Action is adaptive, thought is maladaptive, both are learned behaviors.
  b. All maladaptive behaviors are learned through parental modeling.
  c. Adaptive behaviors are instinctual, maladaptive behaviors are learned.
  d. All behaviors result from the interaction between instinct and learning.
  e. All behaviors are learned through reward and punishment.

Q. 5

What theory is the basis of behavioral therapy?
 
  a. Personality theory
  b. Learning theory
  c. Psychopathology theory
  d. Maslows hierarchy of needs
  e. Existential theory

Q. 6

List and describe three criticisms leveled against Gestalt therapy that were discussed in the textbook.
 
  (1)
 
  (2)
 
  (3)

Q. 7

List five of Zinkers nine advantages of using creative processes in Gestalt therapy?
 
  (1)
  (2)
  (3)
  (4)
  (5)
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6 years ago
Answer to #1

Answer: a

Answer to #2

Answer: d

Answer to #3

Answer: a

Answer to #4

Answer: e

Answer to #5

Answer: b

Answer to #6

Answers:
1. Over-emphasis on individualismMany critics see selfishness and cruelty in the individualism inherent in Gestalt therapy. Critics have also said that the individualism is bound to the culture of affluent White American males.
2. Anti-intellectualismPerls conceptualized the intellect as a defense mechanism designated to avoid experiencing the truth.
3. Philosophical sloppinessMany theorists have said that without original research Perls cobbled together a theory to justify a set of practices.

Answer to #7

Answers:
1. to expand the persons repertoire of behavior
2. to create conditions under which the person can see his life as his own creation
3. to stimulate the persons experiential learning and the evolution of new self concepts from behavioral creations
4. to compete unfinished situations and to overcome blockages in the awareness-contact cycle
5. to integrate cortical understandings with motoric discoveries
6. to discover polarizations which are not in awareness
7. to stimulate the integration of conflictual forces in the personality
8. to dislodge and reintegrate introjects and to generally place misplaced feelings, ideas, and actions where they belong in the personality
9. to stimulate circumstances under which the person can feel and act stronger, more competent, more self-supported, more explorative, and actively responsible for him or herself
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