Yoshi is uncomfortable with worms. In fact his fear is so debilitating that he has been unable to leave his house when it rains. Subsequently, to save his job he enters therapy to learn to deal with this phobia. The therapy involves dropping Yoshi into a large vat of earthworms and leaving him there, despite his screams of fear. After a few hours, Yoshi finds the worms less nauseating, if still disgusting. This therapeutic technique is called __________

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The therapeutic technique described involves exposing Yoshi to a large amount of his feared stimuli (earthworms) in a concentrated and prolonged manner, which is known as flooding. The other options (systematic desensitization, response prevention, implosion) involve different types of exposure therapy, but do not involve the intense and immediate exposure seen in flooding.

Yoshi Is Uncomfortable with Worms