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Julian Seeks Professional Help for His Fear of Spiders

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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 the room. At each stage, he made sure that Julian was fully relaxed. This technique is known as ________.


Definitions:

Epinephrine

A hormone and neurotransmitter also known as adrenaline, involved in regulating visceral functions (e.g., heart rate) and part of the body's fight-or-flight response.

Body Language

Nonverbal communication through body posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements to convey messages or emotions.

Kinetics

Refers to the branch of science that deals with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.

Kinesis

A movement or activity of a cell or an organism in response to a stimulus, but not directionally oriented toward or away from the source of the stimulus.

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