A Patient Who Had Long Feared Going into Elevators Was

question 163

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) discrimination
• C) spontaneous recovery
• D) extinction

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Definitions:

Baseline Firing Rate

The normal frequency at which a neuron fires impulses when not being stimulated.

Stroboscopic Motion

An optical illusion where discrete images appear to be moving due to rapid sequential presentation, similar to motion pictures.

Milliseconds

Units of time equal to one thousandth (1/1000) of a second, often used to measure very short time intervals.

Vertical Lines

Lines that run straight up and down, creating a sense of height and structure within a visual composition.