Juan Is So Afraid of Germs That He Wears Gloves

question 117

Multiple Choice

Juan is so afraid of germs that he wears gloves when opening doors. He is encouraged by his therapist to imitate a person in a video who demonstrates opening a door, step-by-step, without wearing gloves. Which technique is his therapist using?

• A) systematic desensitization
• B) token economy
• C) participant modeling
• D) extinction

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