Lindsay has obsessions about contamination and washes her hands hundreds of times per day. During therapy, Lindsay is asked to get her hands dirty on purpose and then leave them dirty for several hours. This is an example of:
A) the use of punishment to reduce the undesirable behaviour of hand washing.
B) systematic desensitization.
C) negative reinforcement.
D) exposure therapy with response prevention.
D) exposure therapy with response prevention.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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