Exposure therapies typically terminate sessions once habituation is achieved. Habituation is defined as a:
a. 10 reduction in reactivity to fear-producing stimuli.
b. 25 reduction in reactivity to fear-producing stimuli.
c. 50 reduction in reactivity to fear-producing stimuli.
d. 75 reduction in reactivity to fear-producing stimuli.
Q. 2Systematic desensitization can be conceptualized as an example of:
a. gradual, in vivo exposure. c. intense, imaginal exposure.
b. incremental, imaginal exposure. d. gradual emotional flooding.
Q. 3Exposure methods can vary along which dimension(s)?
a. Whether to engage in gradual or intensive exposure
b. Whether to present feared stimuli imaginally or in vivo
c. Whether to prevent avoidance responses totally or partially
d. All of the above
Q. 4The therapeutic strategy of exposure therapy is to:
a. facilitate generalization of avoidance responses.
b. reverse the reinforcement contingencies.
c. extinguish long-term anxiety.
d. reduce extinction effects.
Q. 5As a sophomore in a competitive liberal arts college, Peter decided to seek therapy for his test anxiety. He described a process of proactively weaving complex lies to avoid taking in-class exams, and typically negotiated either a take-home test or out-of-class make-up exam. He was able to describe the onset of these avoidance behaviors and how they had become increasingly ritualized in an effort to avoid the considerable anxiety tests provoked. While immediately relieved whenever he successfully negotiated a less anxiety provoking alternative, he became increasingly depressed by the amount of effort and time this took, and the toll it was taking on his relationships with classmates and professors who began to confront him on these avoidance behaviors. This case is an example of which phenomenon?
a. Generalization process c. Two-factor learning dilemma
b. Neurotic paradox d. Response prevention
Q. 6The failure of maladaptive anxiety to extinguish despite its clearly self-defeating nature is known as the:
a. exposure dilemma. c. process of generalization.
b. two-factor learning theory. d. neurotic paradox.
Q. 7Practically speaking, according to the textbook authors, implosive therapists may benefit from:
a. reinforcement of their own socialized tendencies to avoid eliciting anxiety in others.
b. facing anxiety-provoking scenes from one's own life.
c. self-implosion on every aversive scene developed to be presented to the patient.
d. psychoanalysis to resolve inner conflicts that may interfere with presenting a neutral stance.
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