Habituation refers to the process where an individual's emotional or physiological response to a stimulus decreases over time with repeated exposure to that stimulus, without the need to perform any compulsive behaviors to reduce anxiety. This concept is often used in exposure therapy for anxiety disorders, including OCD, where the goal is to reduce the individual's anxiety response to specific triggers.

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Habituation is ...

A) When family members accommodate an OCD individual's obsessions and compulsions, and thereby maintain them.
B) When anxiety decreases after repeated exposure to a feared stimulus without the performance of compulsive behavior.
C) What differentiates OCD from trichotillomania.
D) Often accompanied by a worsening of symptoms.

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