Clinical Modalities – A+ Test File | Includes
Diagnostics, Imaging, and Treatment Approaches
When does behavioral therapy work best? - ✔✔When directed at specific problems with well-
defined goals.
What conditions can behavioral therapy effectively treat? - ✔✔Phobias, alcoholism,
schizophrenia, and many others.
What is modeling in behavioral therapy? - ✔✔Nurse/therapist provides a role model for
specific behaviors.
How can modeling be done in behavioral therapy? - ✔✔Nurse/therapist modeling, another
person modeling, or video presentation.
What is role playing in behavioral therapy? - ✔✔Demonstrating and practicing new behaviors
in the consulting room.
What is operant conditioning? - ✔✔Basis for behavior modification using positive
reinforcement to increase desired behaviors.
What is a token economy? - ✔✔Reward system in which tokens can be exchanged for food,
luxuries, or privileges.
What is the purpose of tokens in a token economy? - ✔✔To reward clients when desired goals
or behaviors are achieved.
What is the role of the nurse/therapist in modeling? - ✔✔To provide a role model for specific
behaviors.
How has operant conditioning been useful? - ✔✔It has helped improve the behaviors of mute,
autistic, and developmentally disabled children.
, What is behavior modification? - ✔✔A technique used to increase self-care, social behavior,
and group participation in clients with severe mental illness.
What is systematic desensitization? - ✔✔A form of behavior modification therapy that
involves exposure to fears while using relaxation techniques.
What is behavioral therapy? - ✔✔A form of therapy that focuses on modifying behaviors.
Who conducted laboratory work with dogs that led to the development of behavioral models?
- ✔✔Ivan Pavlov.
Who conducted research on rat behavior and contributed to the development of behavioral
models? - ✔✔B.F. Skinner.
What do behavioral models emphasize? - ✔✔The ways in which observable behavioral
responses are learned and can be modified in a particular environment.
What is conditioning? - ✔✔Pairing a behavior with a condition that reinforces or diminishes
the behavior's occurrence.
What did John B. Watson conclude about behavior? - ✔✔That it could be molded by
controlling the environment and that anyone could be trained.
What does B.F. Skinner's behavior model provide? - ✔✔A concrete method for modifying or
replacing behaviors.
What have behavior management and modification programs based on Skinner's principles
shown? - ✔✔To be successful in altering targeted behaviors.
What are programmed learning and token economies? - ✔✔Extensions of Skinner's thoughts
on learning.
Diagnostics, Imaging, and Treatment Approaches
When does behavioral therapy work best? - ✔✔When directed at specific problems with well-
defined goals.
What conditions can behavioral therapy effectively treat? - ✔✔Phobias, alcoholism,
schizophrenia, and many others.
What is modeling in behavioral therapy? - ✔✔Nurse/therapist provides a role model for
specific behaviors.
How can modeling be done in behavioral therapy? - ✔✔Nurse/therapist modeling, another
person modeling, or video presentation.
What is role playing in behavioral therapy? - ✔✔Demonstrating and practicing new behaviors
in the consulting room.
What is operant conditioning? - ✔✔Basis for behavior modification using positive
reinforcement to increase desired behaviors.
What is a token economy? - ✔✔Reward system in which tokens can be exchanged for food,
luxuries, or privileges.
What is the purpose of tokens in a token economy? - ✔✔To reward clients when desired goals
or behaviors are achieved.
What is the role of the nurse/therapist in modeling? - ✔✔To provide a role model for specific
behaviors.
How has operant conditioning been useful? - ✔✔It has helped improve the behaviors of mute,
autistic, and developmentally disabled children.
, What is behavior modification? - ✔✔A technique used to increase self-care, social behavior,
and group participation in clients with severe mental illness.
What is systematic desensitization? - ✔✔A form of behavior modification therapy that
involves exposure to fears while using relaxation techniques.
What is behavioral therapy? - ✔✔A form of therapy that focuses on modifying behaviors.
Who conducted laboratory work with dogs that led to the development of behavioral models?
- ✔✔Ivan Pavlov.
Who conducted research on rat behavior and contributed to the development of behavioral
models? - ✔✔B.F. Skinner.
What do behavioral models emphasize? - ✔✔The ways in which observable behavioral
responses are learned and can be modified in a particular environment.
What is conditioning? - ✔✔Pairing a behavior with a condition that reinforces or diminishes
the behavior's occurrence.
What did John B. Watson conclude about behavior? - ✔✔That it could be molded by
controlling the environment and that anyone could be trained.
What does B.F. Skinner's behavior model provide? - ✔✔A concrete method for modifying or
replacing behaviors.
What have behavior management and modification programs based on Skinner's principles
shown? - ✔✔To be successful in altering targeted behaviors.
What are programmed learning and token economies? - ✔✔Extensions of Skinner's thoughts
on learning.
