A patient who had long feared going into elevators was told by his therapist to force himself to enter 20 elevators a day.The therapist most likely wanted to encourage the ________ of the patient's fear.

A) generalization
B) discrimination
C) spontaneous recovery
D) extinction

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Final Answer : D, Explanation :  The therapist wanted to encourage the extinction of the patient's fear by having him confront his fear repeatedly in a safe and controlled way (by entering elevators). Over time, the patient's fear response should decrease and eventually be extinguished.

A patient who had long feared going into elevators was told by his therapist to force himself to enter 20 elevators a day.The therapist most likely wanted to encourage the ________ of the patient's fear.

A) generalization
B) discrimination
C) spontaneous recovery
D) extinction

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A patient who had long feared going into elevators was told by his therapist to force himself to enter 20 elevators a day.The therapist most likely wanted to encourage the ________ of the patient's fear.A) generalizationB) discriminationC) spontaneous recoveryD) extinction

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A patient who had long feared going into elevators was told by his therapist to force himself to enter 20 elevators a day.The therapist most likely wanted to encourage the ________ of the patient's fear.

A) generalization
B) discrimination
C) spontaneous recovery
D) extinction