The use of learning principles to change problems, such as overeating, unrealistic fears, or temper tantrums, is called

a. psychoanalysis.
b. Gestalt psychotherapy.
c. self-actualized humanism.
d. behavior therapy.


ANSWER: d

Psychology

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