Final Flashcards
What kind of stimuli we use for functional analysis of self-control?
- external stimuli that precede and follow the behaviors
- internal stimuli that precede and follow the behavior in question
What are three steps for improving self-control?
- manipulating antecedent stimuli
- meddling with responses
- manipulating consequences
Waiting periods for divorce is an example of what technique?
- building in delays
Explain what relabeling is and how it works.
- self-talk: finding more positive labels for negative stimuli
Explain what „chaining“ is and how it works.
- behavioral patterns which follow long chains: they can be interrupted or reordered to change the outcome
Name 2 techniques from „manipulating consequnces“
- utilizing feedback
- providing self-reward
What is a Premack principle?
A behavior performed (voluntarily) with high frequency can be used to reinforce a behavior performed with high frequency.
Is punishement more effective than other techniques and why?
It’s less effective:
- people build up a resistance to punishment
- does not teach what’s right
- negative feelings may be generalized to the whole self-control program
Give an example for „choosing reward according to Premack principle“.
- if I enjoying having a coffee break with my colleagues, I may make that break contingent on the work that needs to be done
Give an example of self-contract.
I will reward myself with a great vacation when I have finished my PhD
Techniques for manipulating antecedent stimuli:
Environmental planning: - avoiding stimuli - building in and removing delays - decreasing and increasing associations Redirecting attention Relabeling and organizing
Techniques for meddling with responses
- chaining
- incompatible behaviors
- shaping
Techniques for manipulating consequences:
- utilizing feedback
- providing self-reward
- rules and contracts
- the Premack principle
- punishment
What kind of personality (personality pathology) is typical for anorexia nervosa (mental anorexia)?
- borderline (and obsessive compulsive)
What is a SQ3R method? How many tasks include? Name them.
survey, question, read, recite, review
Name 3 components of anxiety.
- emotional
- cognitive
- physiological
Desenzitization was developed by whom?
Physiologist Joseph Wolpe
Describe what „in vivo
desenzitization“ is.
on-the-spot
Give an example of „armchair desensitization“.
using mental imagery