10. The Behavioural Approach To Treating Phobias AO1 Flashcards

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Name two behavioural approaches to treating phobias

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Systematic desensitisation and flooding

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Outline the process of counterconditioning

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Phobia is leaned so that it produces fear, phobia is then paired with relaxation and this becomes the new conditioned response

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What is reciprocal inhibition?

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It is not possible to be afraid and relaxed at the same time, so one emotion prevents the other

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What is anxiety hierarchy?

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Patient and therapist design an anxiety hierarchy which is a list of fearful stimuli arranged in order of most to least frightening

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Explain the process of anxiety hierarchy

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Phobic is first taught relaxation techniques such as deep breathing and then work through the anxiety hierarchy, at each level the phobic is exposed to stimulus in a relaxed state, his takes place over several sessions and is successful when person can stay relaxed

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What is flooding?

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This involves bombarding the phobic patient with the phobic object without gradual build up

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What is extinction in regard to flooding?

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Without the option of avoidance behaviour, the patient quickly learns that the phobic object is harmless through the exhaustion of their fear response

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What is learning phobic stimulus isn’t harmful called?

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Extinction

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What must patients give before flooding can take place?

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Informed consent

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