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What do the cases of Garret Cross and Tom Martin reflect about the nature of the clinical enterprise?

a) Treatment is the strength of diagnoses. b) Some problems have no solutions. c) People have problems and clinicians attempt to transform maladaptation into adaptation. d) Family involvement is important for case management and proper treatment.

When Mason was only nine years old, his two older sisters told him scary stories about vampires while he was in a dark room. As an adult, Mason is still afraid of the dark. Based on classical conditioning principles, a behavioral therapist would suggest the fear that Mason felt when his sisters told him the scary stories was an:

a. an unconditioned stimulus b. an unconditioned response c. a conditioned stimulus d. a conditioned response