Mimi Is Trying to Overcome Her Fear of Flying

question 44

Multiple Choice

Mimi is trying to overcome her fear of flying.Which of the following treatment scenarios would be most consistent with an in vivo flooding with massed exposure approach?

• A) first watching a video about an airport, then visiting an airport, then sitting on a small, nonmoving plane at an air and space museum, and finally boarding a plane without taking off before taking a very short airplane trip
• B) thinking about how it would feel to fly
• C) spending a few minutes every day relaxing while imagining flying in an airplane
• D) booking a trip from New York to Australia and getting on the 18-hour flight

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Definitions:

Attributional Model

A psychological framework that explains how individuals infer causes of behavior, focusing on internal versus external attributions.

External-Unstable Attribution

Attributing one's behavior or outcomes to external, transient factors outside one's control.

Internal-Stable Attribution

The tendency to ascribe the cause of a behavior to an internal, unchanging characteristic of the person involved.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate the role of internal factors in explaining others' behavior.