What Is the Therapeutic Technique in Which Successive Approximations of a Feared

question 37

Multiple Choice

What is the therapeutic technique in which successive approximations of a feared stimulus are presented while a patient learns to stay relaxed?

• A) conditioned avoidance
• B) perseveration
• C) piloerection
• D) systematic desensitization

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