AP PSYCHOLOGY

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
To treat nail biting, one can paint a patient’s fingernails with a bitter-tasting nail polish. This procedure best illustrates:
A
light exposure therapy.
B
stress inoculation training.
C
aversive conditioning.
D
systematic desensitization.
E
free association.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Aversion therapy, sometimes called aversive therapy or aversive conditioning, is used to help a person give up a behavior or habit by having them associate it with something unpleasant. Aversion therapy is most known for treating people with addictive behaviors, like those found in alcohol use disorder.

Detailed explanation-2: -how does aversion therapy work? based on principles of classical conditioning. individual repeatedly presented with an averse stimulus like an electric shock at the same time there are engaging in the undesirable behaviour. the averse stimulus is UCS which produces a UCR such as avoidance.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which counterconditioning technique is especially helpful when it would be too expensive or too embarrassing for a person to directly confront an anxiety-arousing situation? aerobic exercise.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), and Exposure Therapy are two of the key Evidence Based Practices (EBP’s) used to treat fear of flying and other travel related phobias. These include: fear of heights, claustrophobia, and agoraphobia.

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