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So for this question, we're asked which of the following is not a possible disadvantage of the method of flooding for curing phobias? so in order to answer this question, we're looking for which of the following statements is not a disadvantage.
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So therefore, we're looking for a statement that is not true.
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So let's go through the answers and decide which ones are true and which ones are false.
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So for a, we have the stress of flooding can sometimes cause medical complications.
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Now this is true because flooding is based on the principle that if you expose somebody to the stimulus directly and immediately that that will help them overcome the fear, but sometimes that's too much for the body to handle, in which cases that it can result in medical complications.
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Patients.
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For question b, or for answer choice b, we have patients may be unwilling to participate in flooding.
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This is definitely true too, because flooding is an inherently unpleasant experience for the patient, because they're being exposed to their feared stimulus all at once...