As a child, Blaine was attacked by a goose and subsequently developed a severe fear of waterfowl. As he got older, the fear gradually faded until it was all but forgotten
Blaine is now in his early-twenties and recently went strolling through a park by the river where he came across a flock of geese. The geese gave him a stare and he felt slightly fearful, though not as afraid as he had been as a child. Blaine's fear response is an example of __________
a) stimulus discrimination.
b) stimulus generalization.
c) higher-order conditioning.
d) spontaneous recovery.
d
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A) an anchor B) an initial state C) a representativeness value D) an operator
A key component of Ellis's rational emotive behavior therapy is the psychotherapist's
A) active disputing and challenging of the client's assumptions. B) concern with helping a client to reach a point of self-actualization. C) helping a client search for meaning in difficult and stressful life events. D) use of social skills training to improve patient functioning.