A medical student wants to get used to the incredibly foul smell of the inside of the human body. To do that, the student sits in on a surgery and keeps taking depth breaths until the feeling of nausea is gone. In terms of the cognitive-behavioral approach, this is referred to as:

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Flooding involves exposing the individual to the feared stimulus at full intensity for a prolonged period until the anxiety diminishes, which aligns with the student's approach of taking deep breaths until the nausea is gone.

A Medical Student Wants to Get Used to the Incredibly