Brandon had a fear of dogs. To extinguish this fear, his mother baked him his favorite cake and gradually brought a dog closer to him while he ate the cake. In this scenario, Brandon's mother used__________to cure his fear
A) cognitive mapping
B) negative reinforcement
C) counterconditioning
D) regularization
E) Select
C
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a. Delirium has a stable, rather than fluctuating, course. b. Delirium often involves hallucinations, but dementia rarely does. c. With delirium, one has consistently poor insight, but with dementia, there are often insightful periods. d. Sleep is more disturbed with dementia than it is with delirium.
Describe how cognitive psychologists break down processes such as problem solving or language use into their component processes
Use serial and parallel processes, controlled processes, and automatic processes to help explain how complex mental processes are carried out. What will be an ideal response?