Estella Is Afraid of Cats

question 47

Multiple Choice

Estella is afraid of cats. To help her overcome her fear, her mother calmly pets and strokes a cat while Estella is watching. Her mother encourages her to imitate her behavior. Estella's mother is using ________________.

• A) systematic desensitization
• B) aversive conditioning
• C) flooding
• D) modeling

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Definitions:

Cardiac Muscle

Specialized muscle tissue found only in the heart, responsible for the heart's contraction and the blood's circulation throughout the body.

Limbic System

A complex system of nerves and networks in the brain, involved with instinct and mood control, as well as the processing of emotions and memories.

Control

In experimental contexts, a standard condition against which results are compared, ensuring the experiment measures the effect of the independent variable.

Voltage-Gated

Referring to ion channels that open or close in response to changes in the electrical potential across a cell membrane.