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 therapy
b) the relaxation response
c) systematic desensitization
d) virtual-relaxation therapy

C) systematic desensitization

Explanation:

This is a therapy in which someone is assisted by a therapist to overcome their fears or phobias.

A hierarchy of individual things that a person may fear are listed when they will assign their scale of fear for each from the least feared to the most feared .

Then in vitro which is being exposed to the image of that thing one fears is used and in Vivo where the person is exposed to the actual snake .

They are introduced slowly from distance until the person can actual touch that thing .

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