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Flooding refers to a form of exposure treatment, where the person is exposed to their phobic trigger until the anxiety attack passes.

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Flooding (Implosive therapy ) is defined as a behavioral technique in which a client is intensively exposed to a feared object until the anxiety diminishes. It is a procedure for treating anxiety that involves prolonged and repeated exposure to the anxiety-provoking situation until the subject’s level of anxiety has diminished. Moreover, Flooding refers to prolonged in vivo or imagined exposure to stimuli that evoke high levels of anxiety, with no ability to avoid or escape the stimuli. Implosive therapy uses Flooding.

Flooding therapy is defined as a behavioral treatment for phobias that involves prolonged exposure to a feared stimulus, thereby providing maximal opportunity for the conditioned fear response to be extinguished.

Floor effect refers to the clustering of scores at the low end of a measurement scale, allowing little or no possibility of decreases in value. It is a type of range effect. Please see Scale attenuation effects

Floor Play Therapy refers to a therapy where skills such as speech, language and play are developed through floor-based play involving toys, games, activities, etc

Flourishing a term in which according to positive Psychologists is the state of being free from mental illness and also living an enthusiastic, meaningful, and effective life.

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Flow chart refers to a model path for reaching a goal or solving a problem

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Deutsch: Flow-Zustand / Español: Estado de Flujo / Português: Estado de Fluxo / Français: État de Flow / Italiano: Stato di Flusso

In the psychology context, flow state refers to a mental state in which a person is fully immersed in an activity, experiencing a deep sense of focus, engagement, and enjoyment. This concept was popularized by Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. When in a flow state, individuals often lose track of time and are absorbed in the task at hand, leading to high levels of productivity and creativity.

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