behavior therapies

Question 1

A. focus and purpose

Answer 1

• applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behavior
• to treat phobias or sexual disorders, they do not delve deep below the surface to look for inner causes

Question 2

B. desensitization

Answer 2

type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant, relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli commonly used to treat phobias.

Question 3

C. in vivo exposure

Answer 3

type of exposure therapy involving directly confronting a feared object or situation irl

Question 4

D. flooding

Answer 4

exposing a person to feared stimuli without attempting to lessen anxiety first.

Question 5

techniques

Answer 5

• counterconditioning: conditions new responses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviors
• based on classical conditioning including exposure therapy, systemic desensitization, and aversive conditioning.

Question 6

exposure therapy

Answer 6

expose patients to things they fear and avoid through repeated exposures- this lessens anxiety because they get used to it

Question 7

aversive conditioning

Answer 7

type of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior.
- ex: drug/alcohol causing nausea

Question 8

operant conditioning

Answer 8

enables therapists to use behavior modification in which desired behaviors are rewarded and undesired behaviors are either ignored or punished.