Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 7

Social and specific phobias have been successfully treated with tranquilizers called (a) _____. Although these drugs are effective, they have two problems: When individuals stop taking these drugs, the original fearful symptoms may return, which is called (b) _____; and, if individuals are maintained on drugs for some length of time, they may develop tolerance, which means they will have to take larger doses, which in turn may cause side effects such as loss of (c) _____. Researchers found that drug therapy was about equally effective as cognitive-behavioral or exposure therapy in reducing both social and specific phobias, including agoraphobia.