Janice tends to engage in a great deal of negative selfÂtalk in which she constantly "puts herself down."
To eliminate this negative self-talk, Janice sets aside time each day to deliberately think of the unwanted thought and then to shout "Stop!" aloud and with conviction. She will repeat this procedure 10 or 20 times for the first two or three days. Then, she will switch to shouting "Stop!" to herself rather than aloud whenever these negative thoughts occur. Janice is using which procedure?
a. desensitization
b. covert sensitization
c. thought stopping
d. operant suppression
ANSWER: c
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