Together, Crystal and her therapist wrote a list of ten scenes involving Crystal's fear of heights. After teaching her a relaxation technique, Crystal's therapist told her to imagine herself in the least frightening of these scenes while she made herself feel relaxed. Crystal was undergoing __________.

A. exposure in vivo
B. systematic desensitization
C. modeling therapy
D. rational emotive therapy


Answer: B

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Questionnaire data can be affected by __________, in which, participants fall into a pattern of

endorsing the same response, such asĀ "Almost always". Fill in the blanks with correct word

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Chris is very concerned because her Implicit Association Test results show that she responded more slowly when fat faces were paired with positive words. She's concerned this represents that she is implicitly biased against fat people

What might some psychological scientists tell her to make her feel better? a. The IAT may reveal cultural stereotypes and not personal stereotypes. b. The IAT predicts behavior in most people, so she should be worried about how she will now interact with an overweight friend. c. These IAT results also predict she has negative implicit attitudes toward the elderly. d. A self-fulfilling prophecy is created now that she knows her IAT results.

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Nativist approaches to language argue that genetically determined mechanisms direct language development.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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