Question

Veronica is deathly afraid of pink highlighters. to overcome her highlighter phobia, veronica saw a therapist who extinguished her fear of highlighters and conditioned her to learn a new relaxing response to highlighters. the therapist's technique is known as

Answer 1

Veronica used counterconditioning with her therapist to overcome her fear of pink highlighters by associating them with a new, positive response.

Step-by-step explanation:

The therapist's technique used to help Veronica overcome her fear of pink highlighters is known as counterconditioning. This psychological method involves teaching a person to replace a fear or negative response with a new, positive one. The therapy works by associating the feared object, in this case, the highlighter, with a new, relaxing response that is incompatible with fear. This process diminishes the learned association between the stimulus and the fear response and can be quite effective in treating various phobias. Through consistent exposure to the trigger in a controlled environment while practicing relaxation techniques, Veronica would gradually become less fearful and learn to maintain a calm state when encountering highlighters.

Answer 2

In order to help Veronica overcome her fear of pink highlighters, a therapist would have to conditioner her to become more comfortable around pink highlighters. In this case, it is most likely that the therapist used the exposure technique, or a therapeutic method known as "exposure and response prevention". By slowly and gradually introducing Veronica to highlights, in a controlled environment, she could begin to see that there is nothing to be afraid of, and become accustomed to being around highlighters without fear.