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
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The ______ nervous system links the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body
a. central b. generic c. peripheral d. tertiary
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
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