A client is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. The nurse counselor recommends the behavioral technique of reciprocal inhibition. The client asks, "What's that?" Which is the best nursing reply?

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1.This is incorrect. This is contingency contracting, which has specifics on how reinforces and punishment will be presented.
2.This is correct. Reciprocal inhibition decreases or eliminates an undesired behavior by introducing a more adaptive behavior that is incompatible with the undesired behavior.
3.This is incorrect. This is systematic desensitization where the client is exposed to a hierarchy of anxiety-producing events through which the individual progresses during therapy.
4.This is incorrect. This is "flooding" where the client is exposed to a continuous presentation (through mental imagery) of the phobic stimulus until it no longer elicits anxiety.

A Client Is Diagnosed with an Anxiety Disorder