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drink · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Becci is extremely afraid of snakes. Her therapist puts her in a room full of snakes and doesn't allow her to leave for several hours. When Becci leaves the room, she is no longer afraid of snakes. Becci's therapist helped her overcome her snake phobia through the use of ____, which is a technique used by ____ therapists.

a. aversion therapy; Gestalt
b. aversion therapy; biological
c. flooding; behavioral
d. flooding; psychodynamic

Question 2

Ali has a spider phobia. To overcome this phobia, his therapist has him develop a list of least-to-most feared situations involving spiders. Ali engaged in the least-feared situation, looking at spider pictures in a book. Then he moved to looking at a spider from across a room, touching a spider, and finally getting a tarantula as a pet. This method is known as ____, which incorporates ____.

a. systematic desensitization therapy; in vivo exposure
b. progressive relaxation; imaginal exposure
c. behavior modification; modeling
d. punishment; flooding