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21. Using techniques of classical conditioning to develop an association between unwanted behavior and an unpleasant experience is known as: B) systematic desensitization. C) transference. D) electroconvulsive therapy.
 * A) aversive conditioning.**

24. Principles of operant conditioning underlie which of the following techniques? A) counterconditioning B) systematic desensitization C) stress inoculation training
 * D) the token economy**

16. The techniques of counterconditioning are based on principles of: A) observational learning. C) operant conditioning. D) behavior modification.
 * B) classical conditioning.**

19. In which of the following does the client learn to associate a relaxed state with a hierarchy of anxiety-arousing situations? A) cognitive therapy B) aversive conditioning C) counterconditioning
 * D) systematic desensitization**

19. The technique of systematic desensitization is based on the premise that maladaptive symptoms are A) a reflection of irrational thinking.  ** B) ** **conditioned responses.**  C) expressions of unfulfilled wishes.  D) all of these things.

26. The term //critical period// refers to: A) prenatal development. B) the initial 2 hours after a child's birth. C) the preoperational stage.
 * D) a restricted time for learning.**

In the brain, learning occurs as experience strengthens certain connections in cell work groups called: A) action potentials. C) endocrine systems. D) dendrites.
 * B) neural networks.**