Juan is so afraid of germs that he wears gloves when opening doors. He is encouraged by his therapist to imitate a person in a video who demonstrates opening a door, step-by-step, without wearing gloves. Which technique is his therapist using?

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The therapist is using participant modeling, which involves demonstrating a desired behavior and encouraging the individual to imitate it. By showing Juan how to open a door without wearing gloves, the therapist is helping him gradually overcome his fear of germs. Systematic desensitization involves gradually exposing an individual to their fear while using relaxation techniques to decrease anxiety, token economies involve rewarding desired behavior with tokens or points that can be exchanged for rewards, and extinction involves allowing a behavior to decrease by removing the reinforcement that was previously maintaining it.

Juan Is So Afraid of Germs That He Wears Gloves