A Client Reports,"My Friend Panicked at the Site of Spiders

question 12

Multiple Choice

A client reports,"My friend panicked at the site of spiders.Her therapist used gradual exposure to spiders that initially made her increasingly more anxious." Which technique was the friend's therapist most likely using?

• A) Extinction
• B) Covert sensitization
• C) Systematic desensitization
• D) Reciprocal inhibition

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