A Patient Who Had Long Feared Going into Elevators Was

question 74

Multiple Choice

A patient who had long feared going into elevators was told by his therapist to force himself to enter 20 elevators a day. The therapist most likely wanted to encourage the ________ of the patient's fear.

• A) generalization
• B) latent learning
• C) shaping
• D) extinction

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