Chapter 5 Classical Conditioning PRATICAL APPLICATIONS OF CC Flashcards
A phobia is an extreme irrational fear irrational fear reaction to a partial event from a classical conditioning perfect it d it seems to represent a process of over _______
Generalisation
In the little Albert experiment the rat was originally a _________ stimulus while the loud noise ______ stimulus
Neutral
Unconditioned
Alberts startle response to the noise was a ________ response which his crying in response to the rat was _______ response
Unconditioned
Conditioned
One difference between Alberto fear conditioning and conditioning of real life phobias is that the latter often require ________ conditioning trial
Only one
Unlike real life phobias Alberto’s fear of the rat seemed to grow ______ following a 30 day break
Weaker
Alberto’s fear repose on was ________ whoever he was sucking his thumb which suggests that the fear conditioning was actually relitsvely _______
Absent
Weak
From a conditioning perspective vewing s display of fear in others can be conceptualised as. ________ stimulus that elicits a ______ response of fear in oneself
The event the other person is reacting to might then become a ______ stimulus that elects a ________ response of fear in oneself
Unconditioned
Uncondtionined
Conditioned
Conditioned
The term ________ refers to an individual’s genetically determined level of emotionality and reactivity to stimulation it ______ seems to affect the to which person see can be classically conditioned
Temperament
Does
The concept of ________ holds that we are genetically programmed to acquire certain kinds of fears such as fear of snake and spiders more readily than other kinds
Preparedness
Travis rolled his pickup truck yet he had no qualms about driving home afterward
Cam was in a minor accident p last week and remained petrified of driving several days afterwards these difference outcome may feel the inherited differences in ______ between the two individuals
Temperament
The fact that many people are more petrified of encountering snakes than they are of being run over by cars even though the later is far more relevant danger in the world today reflects differences in ________ for squiring certain feeds
Preparedness
We will probably be _____ susceptible to acquiring a conditioned fear response if we grow up in a world in which we experience little or no control over the available rewards
More
Breif exposures to a feared CS in the absence of the US may result in a phenomenon known as ________ in which the conditioned fear response grows ______ this runs counter to the general principle that presentation of the CS without the US usually results in _______
Incubation
Stronger
Extinction
According to the concept of ________ reevaluation phobic behaviour might sometimes develop when the person encounters a ________ intense version of the ____ that was used in the original conditioning this process can also occur through _______ _____ or through _______ transmitted information
US more US Observational learning Verbally
The process of ______ ________ refers to an increase in ones reactivity to s potentially fearful stimulus following exposure to a stressful event even though the stressful event is ______ to the feared stimulus
Selective sensitisation
Unrealated
Also sitting a stimulus that already elicits one type of response with an event that elicits an incompatible response is called _______
Wolfe believed that the underlying process is ______ _______ in which certain toes if the underlying process is _________ _________ in which Christian types of responses are ________ with each other and the occurs nice of one type of repose necessarily _______ the other
Counter conditioning
Reciprocal inhibition
Incompatible
Marley clover Jones used the stimulus of ________ to counter peters feelings of anxiety shile Wolfe in his ______ ____ procedure used __________
Cookies
Systematic desensitisation
Relaxation
The three basic components of Wolpes procedure are
Learning relaxation technique
Creating a hierarchy of imagined scenarios
Pairing each item with relaxation
A Verizon of Wolpes procedure that uses real life rather than imaginary stimuli is called _____ ________ _______ a major advantage of this procedure d that there’s less worry about whether the treatment effect will ________ to the real world
In Vivo sensitisation
Generalise
Wolpes procedure is very effective with people who have _____ phobias that are highly ______ this this process ______ work well with those who have a social phobia
Few
Highly specific
Does not
One bit of evidence against the counter conditioning explanation for this type of treatment is that relaxation _____ always necessary for the treatment to be effective
On the other hand in keeping with the counter conducting explanation relaxation does seem to facilitate treatment the phobia is ________
Is not
Severe
In flooding therapy the avoidance response is ________ thereby providing maximal opportunity for the conditioned fear to ________
Blocked
Extinguish
Two types of flooding therapy are ______ flooding in which one visualises the feared stimulus and ____________ flooding in which one encounters a real example of the feared stimulus
Imagined
In Vivo
For flooding therapy to be effective the exposure period must be of relatively ______ duration
Long
