PHOBIA TREATMENT Flashcards
what are the main types of phobias
specific
social
agrophobia
what are the three ways phobia may be quuired from learning psychology
classical conditioning- learn phobia by association
slt
operate conditioning
positive reinforcement
negative reinfonforcement
what is systematic desensitisation based on
the idea of counter conditioning
what happens during systematic desnsitisation
creation of a fear highrachy
what is on this fear highrachy
things in vivo
and invitro
what is invivo
imagined
what is invirto
in real life
define flooding
phobic being physically placed in a situation with their feared object or situation for a prolonged period of time
what is flooding an example of
exposure therapy
what is the supporting evidence of flooding
wolpe
took a girl who was afraid of cars on a car journey for several hours. at first she was hysterical but she eventually calmed down
t/f shows you can only experiance an intense fear reaction for a short peroid of time before clam, shows that flooding reduces fear.
what is anouthe ositive of flooding
it is very fast meaning there is low drop out rates
give two negatives of flooding
unethical
may be short lived- their can be spontanoius recovery reducing the validity
