Question

Sal is suffering from arachnophobia. His therapist first has him go through relaxation training and then has him construct a fear hierarchy. Finally, the therapist has him go through a phase of graded pairings of spiders and relaxation responses. This approach is called:

A) modeling.
B) flooding.
C) implosive therapy.
D) systematic desensitization.

Answer 1

D) systematic desensitization.

Step-by-step explanation:

Systematic desensitization: In psychology, the term systematic desensitization is described as the behavioral technique that is used to treat anxiety, phobia, and intense fear. By using this technique, the psychologist engages a person or client in various ways of relaxation exercise and therapy and moderately exposes the person or client into anxiety-provoking stimulus, for example, place, object, animal, etc. Systematic desensitization is based on the classical conditioning principle.

In the question above, the approach used by Sal's therapist is systematic desensitization.