Systematic Desensitization Is a Therapy Designed to

question 97

Multiple Choice

Systematic desensitization is a therapy designed to

• A)create a negative response to a stimulus that has elicited problematic behavior.
• B)correct habitual thinking errors and maladaptive beliefs.
• C)reduce phobic responses.
• D)improve interpersonal skills.

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Definitions:

Organisms Changed

Refers to alterations in the genetic, physical, or behavioral traits of living organisms due to evolutionary processes, environmental pressures, or genetic modifications.

Population Growth

The increase in the number of individuals in a population, determined by factors like birth rates, death rates, immigration, and emigration.

Predation

An ecological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

Evolution by Natural Selection

A fundamental mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin, stating that organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, leading to genetic changes in populations over time.