Trina Attempts to Overcome Her Fear of Clowns by Learning

question 134

Multiple Choice

Trina attempts to overcome her fear of clowns by learning how to shift from a feeling of tension to one of calm and relaxation. Next she is asked to imagine different situations, each more anxiety-provoking than the previous. She only proceeds to the next situation if she can maintain her feeling of relaxation. Trina's therapist is using ________ to remove her fear.

• A) exposure therapy
• B) modeling
• C) client-centered therapy
• D) systematic desensitization

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Definitions:

Binomial Distribution

A probability distribution that summarizes the likelihood that a value will take one of two independent states across a number of observations or trials.

Normal Approximation

A method used in statistics where a normal distribution is used to approximate a different, often more complex, distribution under certain conditions.

Probability

The likelihood of occurrence of an event, often represented as a value between 0 and 1.

Binomial Probability

The probability of achieving a specific number of successes in a fixed number of Bernoulli trials with the same probability of success on each trial.