AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The client learns relaxation techniques that will counter condition their response to the aversive stimulus. The therapist and client collaborate to produce a hierarchy of the client’s intensity of response to the stimulus at different levels of exposure to the stimulus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Systematic desensitization is one form of exposure therapy used in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

Detailed explanation-3: -Systematic desensitization is a type of exposure therapy based on the principle of classical conditioning. It was developed by Wolpe during the 1950s. This therapy aims to remove the fear response of a phobia, and substitute a relaxation response to the conditional stimulus gradually using counter-conditioning.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are three critical components to systematic desensitisation: 1) Fear hierarchy; 2) Relaxation training; 3) Reciprocal inhibition.