Question

The more you give presentations and practice speaking in front of others, the more you will be aware of the symptoms of communication apprehension without suffering too much from them. This is often called ______.

Answer 1

Answer: Systematic desensitization.

Explanation: Systematic desensitization may be viewed as an approach or therapy used to shrug off or overcome fear or anxiety through exposure to events or stimulus which produces fear. Systematic desensitization requires that the individual is exposed to apprehension causing stimulus, then systematically develop a counter fear response mechanism through repeated exposure to the stimulus. Through repeated exposure, the apprehension causing mechanism is gradually overcomed and such individual no longer suffers from the exposure.