What is systematic desensitization, and what is its purpose?
What will be an ideal response?
If anxiety is learned, it can be unlearned. Systematic desensitization is guided exposure to anxiety-provoking stimuli, either in real life or one's imagination. The client is confronted with their fear in a gradual way. The client and therapist together make a hierarchy of the client's fear. The client is taught a relaxation technique. Then the client imagines being in (or even participates in) the lowest fear level situation, while relaxing. Once the client can stay at that level and be relaxed, he or she moves to the next level. This pairs an incompatible behavior with anxiety-counter conditioning.
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a. self-esteem b. self-serving bias c. self-enhancement d. self-regulation
Queen Victoria of England had a son, Leopold, and a great-grandson, Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov of Russia, both of whom had hemophilia. We can conclude that: a. Queen Victoria must have had hemophilia, too
b. Queen Victoria was a carrier for hemophilia. c. Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, must have been a carrier. d. Leopold and Tsarevich Alexei probably developed hemophilia due to a spontaneous mutation, because their female relatives did not have the condition.