Julian seeks professional help for his fear of spiders. In stages, his therapist shows him pictures, movies, and models of spiders, then a real dead spider, a small live spider in a jar, several live spiders in a jar, and finally a live spider loose in t

At each stage, he made sure that Julian was fully relaxed. This technique is known as _______.
a. free association
b. desensitization
c. aversive conditioning
d. transactional therapy


b

Psychology

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If the sounds belong to the same phonemic category, infants become better at discriminating them as they grow older

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

The ______ nervous system links the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body

a. central b. generic c. peripheral d. tertiary

Psychology

The only sensory system for which the cell bodies of the incoming axons are located inside the CNS is that of __________.

A. vision B. audition C. kinesthesia D. taste

Psychology

In which sleep disorder does the person stop breathing in

his or her sleep for 20 seconds or more until the person wakes a little, gulps air, and settles back to sleep with this cycle being repeated hundreds of times a night? a. sleep apnea b. narcolepsy c. somnambulism d. insomnia

Psychology