Flooding

Submitted by freddie (United Arab Emirates), Sep 26, 2012 at 02:21

The suggestion to publish cartoons until the "scandal" effect wears off is a form of stimulus flooding or systematic desensitization which can be highly effective but usually takes a long time.

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