Virtual Reality (VR) Therapy

question 160

Multiple Choice

Virtual reality (VR) therapy:

• A)is promising but still not accepted as an effective treatment for phobias.
• B)is more difficult and more expensive to administer than graduated exposure to the actual feared object or situation.
• C)has become an accepted treatment for phobias and other anxiety disorders.
• D)involves sending electrical impulses to the brainstem via implanted electrodes in order to reduce chronic anxiety and specific phobias.

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Definitions:

Extinction

In psychology, extinction refers to the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the reinforcement or stimulus is no longer presented.

Conditioned Response (CR)

In classical conditioning, the learned response to a previously neutral (but now conditioned) stimulus (CS).

Omitted

Left out or excluded, either deliberately or unintentionally.

Permanent Change

An alteration or modification that is lasting and not reversible.