“The technique reduces people to puppets controlled by therapists! It doesn’t respect human freedom. “This criticism is most likely to be directed at:

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following techniques have behavior therapists used to help people overcome a fear of flying?

   A. the double – blind technique
   B. aversive conditioning
   C. eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
   D. virtual reality exposure therapy

2. Behavior therapists can help people to overcome such unwanted habits as smoking or overeating through _____________________?

   A. operant conditioning
   B. observational learning
   C. place learning
   D. habituation

3. According to behavior therapists, pathological behaviors

   A. can not be stopped by the patient which is why he/she is seeking therapy
   B. are signs of an underlying emotional or cognitive problem
   C. can be modified directly, through the application of established principles of conditioning
   D. should be viewed as the expression of an unconscious sexual or aggressive conflict

4. The biological and behavioral perspectives are most likely to differ with respect to the issue of ____________?

   A. nature versus nature
   B. rationality versus irrationality
   C. observation versus introspection
   D. basic versus applied research

5. Dr. Saeed worth in interested in people’s reactions to a controversial jury verdict. Dr. Saeed worth calls people at their home between the hour of 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on a Tuesday afternoon. In this example Dr. Saeed worth has most likely selected:

   A. a biased population
   B. a biased sample
   C. a representative sample
   D. a statistically significant population

6. Behavior therapists believe that insight is ___________?

   A. A worthwhile goal
   B. Non sufficient for behavior change
   C. Not necessary for behavior change
   D. All of these

7. Which of the following therapists make intensive use of role playing?

   A. Client-centered therapists
   B. Psychoanalytic therapists
   C. Existential therapists
   D. Gestalt therapists

8. Therapists who focus on altering faulty thought process are ____________?

   A. Cognitive therapists
   B. Humanistic therapists
   C. Biological therapists
   D. Psychodynamic therapists
   E. None of these

9. Psycho dynamic therapists believe that maladaptive behavior stems from ___________?

   A. Disturbed thought patterns
   B. Inappropriate learning patterns
   C. A failure to live up one’s full potential
   D. Emotional trauma experienced in childhood
   E. None of these

10. According to B.F. Skinner human behavior is controlled primarily by __________________?

    A. biological predispositions
    B. external influences
    C. emotions
    D. unconscious motives