Jan Has a Fear of Riding Across Bridges

question 4

Multiple Choice

Jan has a fear of riding across bridges.In order to get her over her phobia,she is asked to imagine a series of increasingly distressing images involving her riding in a car across increasingly longer bridges,with the most distressing being imagining herself driving across the Lake Pontchartrain Bridge to her cousin's house.This procedure is referred to as

• A) desensitization.
• B) virtual reality exposure.
• C) in-vivo exposure.
• D) reciprocal disinhibition exposure.

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Definitions:

Personal Fable

A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents, believing their thoughts, feelings, and experiences are unique and not understood by others.

Personal Uniqueness

The concept that each individual has their own unique set of characteristics, opinions, and experiences.

Personal Fable

A belief held by adolescents that they are unique and invincible, leading to a sense of personal uniqueness and invulnerability.

Hypothetical-deductive Reasoning

A method of problem-solving or decision-making that involves forming hypotheses and deducing their implications to see which best fits the evidence.