Hierarchy flooding

Question 1

What is flooding? (impulsion therapy)

Answer 1

• a process whereby an individual is fully immersed into their phobic stimulus at its worst. Immediately

Question 2

What does flooding help an individual do?

Answer 2

• it prohibits them from avoiding (negative reinforcement) their phobia and throughout continuous exposure, anxiety levels decrease.

Question 3

How can flooding take place?

Answer 3

• in vivo

- in vitro

Question 4

How does flooding link to rationale?

Answer 4

• a person’s fear response has a time limit (as well as the underlying adrenaline)
• as adrenaline decreases a new stimulus response can be learned
• the feared stimulus is now associated with a non- anxious response.