The Method That Gradually Reduces a Client's Fears by Training

question 143

Multiple Choice

The method that gradually reduces a client's fears by training the client to remain relaxed and calm in the presence of a fear-producing stimulus is ________.

• A) free association
• B) systematic desensitization
• C) operant conditioning
• D) reciprocal inhibition

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Definitions:

Angiosperms

Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed within a fruit; the largest group of land plants.

Sporophyte Generation

The sporophyte generation is part of the life cycle of plants and algae that is diploid, producing spores that germinate into the gametophyte generation.

Gametophyte

The phase in plants and algae's life cycle that generates gametes via mitosis, associated with reproduction.

Bud

An undeveloped shoot that develops into flowers, stems, or leaves. Buds are enclosed in bud scales; see Axillary Bud and Terminal Bud.