When systematic desensitization is used to overcome a phobia, the desensitizing activities-

1. ABecome increasingly more intense as the treatment progresses
2. BBecome less intense as the treatment progresses
3. CAre presented in a random but counterbalanced order
4. DAre not directly related to the phobia

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Correct answer: A. Become increasingly more intense as the treatment progresses

Explanation

In systematic desensitisation the client moves up an anxiety hierarchy, so the exposures become increasingly intense.