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To achieve maximum benefit in exposure therapy,
 
  a. the duration of exposures should be short rather than long.
  b. exposures should not provoke anxiety.
  c. the client should be directed to attend as little as possible to the feared stimulus.
  d. exposure should be graduated, starting with stimuli that evoke low levels of anxiety and moving up.

Question 2

Michael is a client with social phobia who is seeing a behavioral therapist. If the therapist uses exposure therapy,
 
  a. the therapist is using a technique with no empirical support for this disorder.
  b. Michael will have to remain in anxiety-provoking situations until his anxiety subsides.
  c. he or she cannot use any other treatment interventions concurrently.
  d. none of the above



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B



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