Question

A treatment method that involves prolonged exposure to a feared stimulus is _____.
a. reality therapy
b. flooding
c. in vivo desensitization
d. systematic desensitization

Answer 1

If a patient is exposed for a long period to a feared stimulus, we are talking about in systematic desensitization where the person might confront what causes him/her anxiety and the therapist teaches the client how to respond to it and become less sensitive to it.