Sue screams for her husband every time she sees a spider or a spider web. Even if the spider is dead, she starts to shake in terror. She often calls her husband and begs him to deal with the spider immediately. Sue finally agrees to see a therapist. Over several sessions, she views videos of people picking up spiders, then watches her therapist pick up a plastic spider in the office, and then a
real spider. Finally, Sue is able to pick up a spider herself and place it outside. The therapy described is known as ____.
a. flooding
b. modeling
c. systematic desensitization
d. exposure
b
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