The action potential is to __________ millivolts, as the resting potential is to __________ millivolts

A therapist asks a patient to describe what he believes would happen if his worst-case scenario became reality. The patient says, "If I fail this test, I'll never get into graduate school." What cognitive aspect is the therapist working with?

a. self-fulfilling prophecy b. automatic thinking c. decatastrophizing d. all-or-nothing thinking

For months after he was involved in a very serious car accident, Micah would cringe when he drove past the site where the accident took place. Over time, however, that response to the bad memory started to fade away,

and after about a year his "jitters" had disappeared completely. The process by which a learned response fades away is called __________. a. extinction b. unlearning c. conditioned diminishing d. unconditioned diminuation