Question

One method for managing public speaking anxiety is to gradually visualize and then engage in increasingly more frightening speaking events while remaining calm. This method is called ____________.

Answer 1

Systematic Desensitization

Step-by-step explanation:

A form of behavioral therapy created by South African psychiatrist Joseph Wolpe is systematic desensitization, also known as graduated exposure therapy.

This treatment seeks to eliminate a phobia's fear reaction and gradually replace a soothing response to the conditional stimulus with counter conditioning.