Author Question: Ira has a problem where he tends to speak without thinking, and this has caused him to lose friend ... (Read 87 times)

humphriesbr@me.com · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Ira has a problem where he tends to speak without thinking, and this has caused him to lose friend and to damage relationships at work. To reduce the frequency of this behavior, Ira wears a rubber band that fit loosely around his wrist .Whenever he begins to speak without thinking, he snaps himself with the rubber band just hard enough to sting a little bit. This is an example of ______ therapy.

a. systematic desensitizing
b. insight
c. aversion
d. flooding

Question 2

In order to demonstrate the extent to which classical conditioning can be a factor in the development of a serious phobia, John Watson and Rosalie Raynor conducted a study where ______.

a. a young boy was taught to fear a white rat
b. a young adult male was taught to fear cashiers in the supermarket
c. an adolescent girl was conditioned to fear her school teachers
d. a middle-aged woman was conditioned to fear Santa Claus