DrShaw Has a Patient Who Has a Phobia of Spiders

question 69

Multiple Choice

Dr.Shaw has a patient who has a phobia of spiders and also loves doing puzzles.Dr.Shaw exposes the patient to spiders briefly while having the patient complete a fun puzzle.Dr.Shaw is using ________ to treat his patient's phobia.

• A) second-order conditioning
• B) systematic desensitization
• C) modeling
• D) counterconditioning

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Definitions:

Cost Curves

Graphs that depict the relationship between the cost of producing goods and the quantity of goods produced.

ATC Curve

Average Total Cost (ATC) Curve represents the per-unit cost of production, which includes both fixed and variable costs, plotted against the level of output.

AVC Curve

The Average Variable Cost curve, showing how the variable cost per unit of output changes as the quantity of output is altered.

MC Curve

The Marginal Cost Curve shows the cost of producing an additional unit of a good or service, typically rising as production increases.