Issues in mental health - 3

Question 1

How are phobias acquired by classical conditioning (direct)?

Answer 1

Traumatic experience
False alarm

Question 2

How are phobias aquired through social learning theory?

Answer 2

Observe fear in another
Hear about danger from another

Question 3

How are phobias maintained?

Answer 3

Operant conditioning
Approaching phobic object/situation elicits anxiety response
Retreat from phobic object reduces anxiety
Acts as a negative reinforcer
Others may unintentionally reinorce avoidance

Question 4

What are the three personalities in Freuds theory?

Answer 4

The Psyche- Inate part that obeys pleasure principle
Ego - Logical rational and most concious part of our personality
Superego- Sense of right and wrong and our idealistic versions of ourselves

Question 5

What is manifest content?

Answer 5

How internal information is represented in reality

Question 6

What is latent content?

Answer 6

What the manifest content represents internally

Question 7

What is flooding?

Answer 7

Going straight to the most anxiety provoking situation

Question 8

What is systematic desensitisation?

Answer 8

Gradually forcing the phobic object through heirarchy of exposure

Question 9

What are the steps of exposure therapy?

Answer 9

Step 1- functional analysis. Discover nature and possible triggers of anxiety
Step 2- Relaxation training
Step 3- Anxiety heirarchy
Step 4- gradual exposure