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Mariana Espinosa Barrientos
on Dec 12, 2024
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Dr.Shaw has a patient who has a phobia of spiders and also loves doing puzzles.Dr.Shaw exposes the patient to spiders briefly while having the patient complete a fun puzzle.Dr.Shaw
Is using ________ to treat his patient's phobia.
A) second-order conditioning
B) systematic desensitization
C) modeling
D) counterconditioning
Systematic Desensitization
Therapy technique that involves exposing a client to increasingly anxiety-producing stimuli or situations while having the client relax at the same time.
Counterconditioning
A behavior therapy technique that involves pairing a stimulus that elicits an undesirable response with a new response that is incompatible with the undesirable response.
- Understand the application of classical conditioning in overcoming fears and phobias through systematic desensitization and counterconditioning.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand the application of classical conditioning in overcoming fears and phobias through systematic desensitization and counterconditioning.