An entomologists fear of spiders is debilitating. to treat this phobia, a therapist puts the entomologist in a room w/ spiders, even asking her to handle them. this technique might be used in:

A. systematic desensitization
B. flooding
C. modeling
D. covert desensitization


Ans: B. flooding

Psychology

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a. Get to know your child's inherent personality. b. Both genetics and environment affect personality. Change what you can and accept the rest. c. Your child's personality will depend upon your influence. d. Your child can become whatever he/she chooses to be.

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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In ________ adolescents may unconsciously use strategies that distort or deny the true nature of the situation in order to reduce stress

A) defensive coping B) emotion-focused coping C) problem-focused coping D) stress-focused coping

Psychology