Trina attempts to overcome her fear of clowns by learning how to shift from a feeling of tension to one of calm and relaxation. Next she is asked to imagine different situations, each more anxiety-provoking than the previous
She only proceeds to the next situation if she can maintain her feeling of relaxation. Trina's therapist is using ________ to remove her fear.
A) exposure therapy
B) modeling
C) client-centered therapy
D) systematic desensitization
Answer: D
Rationale: Systematic desensitization is a technique in which gradual exposure to a feared stimulus or situation is blended with relaxation training.
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a. to use encoding specificity when connecting information to other people, so this problem leads to memory errors. b. to use auditory cues when connecting information to other people, so this problem leads to memory errors. c. to think about how this information is related to themselves, so this enhances recall. d. to picture themselves in an unusual context, and this novel context enhances recall.
What should be taken into account before using an A-B-A-B design? a. Is it ethical to remove treatment? b. Can treatment be removed?
c. Will the level of behavior reverse? d. all of these
The __________ fallacy is a phenomenon that causes people to believe that additional information increase the probability that a statement is true, even though that probability actually decreased
a. hindsight b. irrationality c. conjunction d. discursion