Systematic desensitization involves:

a. Changing misconceptions regarding anxiety-arousing stimuli

b. Training to relax when confronted with anxiety-arousing stimuli

c. Uncovering repressed feelings regarding anxiety-arousing stimuli

d. Interpreting anxiety-arousing stimuli so they are less anxiety arousing

The answer is: b. Training to relax when confronted with anxiety-arousing stimuli

Explanation:

The standardized procedure of systematic desensitization includes four steps:

a. - Relaxation training. The relaxation response that the patient will use to combat anxiety will preferably be one he already knows.

b. - Hierarchy of anxiety. When we want to apply desensitization we have to organize the feared situations, ordering them according to the degree of anxiety they generate.

c. - Practice in imagination. As we will use the exhibition in imagination, we must evaluate the patient's ability to imagine scenes.

d. - And the systematic desensitization itself. Once this is assured, the presentation of the situations that cause anxiety will proceed. This presentation can be in imagination or live.

The answer is: b. Training to relax when confronted with anxiety-arousing stimuli