behavioral approach in treating phobias

Question 1

systamatic desenstiaiton

Answer 1

involves person replacing fear response with an alternative harmless reposne of relaxation

Question 2

first stage of systamatic desensitation

Answer 2

need to know 5 stages

1-paitent is taught to relax their muscles completely

Question 3

second stage

Answer 3

patient and therapist construct a desenstiaon hierarchy, a series of imagined scenes being more sitressing then preevious

Question 4

third stage

Answer 4

patient works their way up heirachy, being greadually exposed to each provaoking event whikst practicing that relaxation techniques

Question 5

four stage

Answer 5

once mastered one step, move onto the next

Question 6

fifth stage

Answer 6

pateint mastered feared sitaution that caused them to seek the help in the first place

Question 7

strength of systematic desenstiation

Answer 7

research evidence e.g MCgrath who found that 75% of patients with phobia were successfuly treated using systematic desensitation

Question 8

weakness of systematic desensiation

Answer 8

not effective in treating all phobias e.g height as your cant build thay up you just have to do it

Question 9

flooding

Answer 9

involves putting the phobic individual in a sitaution where forced to face phobia

inescapable exposure lasts until fear response disappears

Question 10

adv of flooding

Answer 10

cost effective
involves 1 session only
advnatgeous to other treatements which require a therapist e,g CBT
not only cheaper, but person free of symptoms quickly

Question 11

dis of flooding

Answer 11

inappropirte due to intense tramuatic neture of the experience
not unethical as patients give informed consent
may lead to patient quitting and so has high drop rate
may not be effective for all meaning time and money is wasted