Nate Goes to a Therapist to Help Overcome His Fear

question 156

Multiple Choice

Nate goes to a therapist to help overcome his fear of snakes.The therapist has Nate observe other people interacting with snakes and then asks Nate to imitate the behaviours he observed.Nate receives positive reinforcement for attempting to imitate what he observed.This process is called ________.

• A)cue-controlled conditioning
• B)systematic desensitization
• C)gradual exposure
• D)modelling

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Definitions:

Olfactory

Pertaining to the sense of smell, involving the olfactory system which detects and identifies different odors.

Impaired Sense Of Smell

A reduced or distorted ability to detect or differentiate odors, known medically as anosmia or hyposmia.

Cranial Nerve

One of twelve nerves that originate in the brain and control motor and sensory functions of the head and neck.

Trigeminal

Relating to the trigeminal nerve, which is the fifth cranial nerve responsible for sensory perception in the face and motor functions such as biting and chewing.