10/20 notes

Question 1

father of behaviorism who believed that all behavior could be studied as a “stimulus-response” reaction (every behavior has a
- classical conditioning could be used to condition human emotions
- little albert” experiments

Answer 1

john b. watson

Question 2

wave of psychology in which the study of the unconscious was abandoned altogether & discredited
“Psychology should only focus on observable behaviors, not the mind, the mind is unknowable”
- only environmental factors are of importance
- changed how we raised children

Answer 2

behaviorism

Question 3

a child that watson presented with neutral stimuli (ex. rabbit, dog, cotton wool, a white rat, etc) and paired with a loud sound when touched; causing him to feel fear
- conditioned fear towards the stimulus alone
- learned to fear “furry things,” even the idea of santa claus

Answer 3

little albert

Question 4

female psychologist who worked with a child named peter at columbia university; he had a fear of white rabbits and she gradually deconditioned that fear classically

Answer 4

mary cover jones

Question 5

type of therapy where you have to be put through experiencing things that challenge your trauma/past experiences in order to overcome them
ex: heights

Answer 5

exposure therapy

Question 6

a treatment of phobias in which the patient is exposed to progressively more anxiety-provoking stimuli and taught relaxation techniques

Answer 6

systematic desensitization

Question 7

exposure therapy performed virtually; typically over Zoom

Answer 7

teletherapy

Question 8

therapy that revolves around the use of a virtual world, such as a computer game or headset

Answer 8

virtual reality therapy

Question 9

therapy that involves adding a chemical to alcohol to make an individual sick on purpose, making alcohol

Answer 9

alcohol abuse therapy

Question 10

therapy that helps reduce disruptive or distressing repetitive behaviors
- skin picking
- hair pulling
- tourette’s syndrome and other tic disorders
- stuttering
- nail biting

Answer 10

habit reversal

Question 11

a type of stimulus that causes a patient to forget a previous stimulus

ex: chemotherapy causes adversity towards the food groups/foods eaten 12 hours before treatment; pistachio ice cream tastes drastically different from other foods, causing the patient to forget the previous foods and not become taste adverse to them

Answer 11

scapegoat stimulus