Question

Abbas is maintaining a deep state of relaxation as he visualizes looking at a picture of a snake first, then viewing a snake through a window, then watching a snake from across the room, then observing a snake at arm's length. In this example, Abbas is using _____to decrease his snake phobia.
A) cognitive-relaxation therapyB) the relaxation responseC) systematic desensitizationD) virtual-relaxation therapy

Answer 1

Answer:

C) systematic desensitization                                  

Explanation:

Systematic desensitization: In psychology, the term systematic desensitization is defined as one of the types of behavioral therapies that are being used by various psychologists in therapy sessions while treating the clients' with some specific disorders. Systematic desensitization is based on the classical conditioning principle.

Systematic desensitization was introduced by Wolpe in the 1950s. It is being used by psychologists while treating patients with fear related to phobias and involves the relaxation procedure. It is responsible for removing a particular learned response i.e, fear with an unlearned response i.e, no fear.

In the question above, the given example states that Abbas is using systematic desensitization to decrease his snake phobia.