In behavior therapy, distressing symptoms are seen as:

A) the result of learning.
B) the result of your unconscious impulses.
C) a chemical imbalance.
D) an indicator of neurophysiological abnormalities.

Answer: A
Rationale: At the heart of behavioral therapies is the belief that patterns of behavior are the result of conditioning and learning, including maladaptive behaviors that lead people to require therapy.

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In the text we plotted a normal curve. What was the ordinate (the Y axis)?

(a) the median score (b) the correlation coefficient (c) the slope (d) the frequency of people at each score value (e) the validity

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