for burt, who has claustrophobia, a small dark room creates a small amount of fear, a stairwell creates a bit more fear, and an elevator creates the most fear. burt’s therapist induces deep relaxation and asks him to imagine a small dark room. gradually, they will work up to having burt imagine being in an elevator. what aspect of exposure therapy is this?

Another restaurant manager says to you, “i’ve heard that barcelona has a three-step hiring process. candidates first have an interview in which scott does most of the talking, and then they visit barcelona restaurants and record their impressions. this seems like a lot of work. what is a purpose of both these steps? ” what would you tell the manager?

Give an example to prove that your society is developed more than it was before 10 years ?

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?