Exposure - Definition and Overview

Exposure can be:

• A condition of poor health or death resulting from prolonged exposure to weather
• radiation poisoning
• Exposure of the skin to sunshine, etc.
• Exposure of unwanted infants in classical Mediterranean cultures and others, a common origin for mythic heroes: Perseus, Moses, Romulus and Remus. Compare sex-selective infanticide.
• photographic exposure; see exposure (photography).
• publicity (e.g. of an artist)
• Exposure of (parts of) the body, especially the bare skin, to the view of others; if that goes too far it is called indecent exposure; the exposure may be limited out of modesty.
• In climbing, exposure is the state of openness with relation to the distance of a fall. See the glossary of climbing terms.
• the album Exposure by Exposé
• The condition of being subjected to a source of risk.
• Exposure – Patients are asked to expose themselves to feared stimuli in a planned and usually gradual way, 3 types below.
  • Imaginal exposure – where they imagine the feared stimulus
  • In vivo exposure – where they expose themselves to the actual stimulus
  • Virtual Reality – where they use virtual reality techniques to expose themselves to the stimulus

See also: exposé