Cherise Finds Out That She Is Being Transferred to an Office

question 106

Multiple Choice

Cherise finds out that she is being transferred to an office located on the tenth floor of a building. The problem is that she fears heights so much that she never goes above the third floor in any building. Her therapist teaches her how to relax deeply while imagining looking out over a balcony. As her therapy progresses, Cherise imagines herself on higher and higher floors. This technique is called ______________.

• A) systematic desensitization
• B) aversive conditioning
• C) flooding
• D) transference

---

Definitions:

Weber's Law

A principle in psychology that states the smallest change in a stimulus that can be detected is a constant proportion of the original stimulus.

Opponent-Process Theory

The theory that opposing retinal processes (red-green, yellow-blue, white-black) enable color vision. For example, some cells are stimulated by green and inhibited by red; others are stimulated by red and inhibited by green.

Feature Detection

The process by which the brain identifies specific components of visuals, such as lines, edges, or movements, to interpret what is seen.

Prosopagnosia

A neurological disorder characterized by the inability to recognize faces.