What is the therapeutic technique in which successive approximations of a feared stimulus are presented while a patient learns to stay relaxed?
A) conditioned avoidance
B) perseveration
C) piloerection
D) systematic desensitization

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Systematic desensitization is a therapeutic technique where a patient is exposed to progressively more anxiety-provoking stimuli while being taught relaxation techniques, with the goal of gradually extinguishing the fear response.

What Is the Therapeutic Technique in Which Successive Approximations of a Feared