Psychopathology: The Behavioural Treatments Of Phobias - SD And Flooding TW Flashcards
Name two behavioural treatments for phobias
Systematic desensitisation + flooding
Systematic desensitisation uses which behaviourist principle?
Classical conditioning
Classical conditioning is learning through..
Association
What type of behavioural response is systematic desensitsation used to unlearn?
Maladaptive
People with phobias have a condition response to a….
Conditioned stimulus
Name the 4 stages of systematic desensitisation
Relaxation
Hierarchy of anxiety
Gradual exposure
Complete treatment
In the first stage of systematic desensitisation, what happens?
The patient is taught relaxation techniques
What happens in the second stage of systematic desensitisation?
The patient and therapist work together to create a graded scale / hierarchy with the least feared stimulus at the bottom, and the most feared at the top
What happens in the third stage of systematic desensitisation?
The patient is gradually exposed to their phobic stimulus
When exposed to their phobic stimulus, what must the patient do when completing systematic desensitisation
Use relaxation techniques
When two incompatible states of mind cannot co-exist at the same time, this is referred to as ….
Reciprocal inhibition
When does the patient progress through a stage in systematic desensitisation?
When they are fully relaxed when exposed to the stimulus
When is systematic desensitisation complete?
When the patient is desensitised, and can move through the hierarchy without anxiety
“The aim of systematic desensitisation is for the patient to _________ their phobic stimulus with ____________”
Re-associate their phobic stimulus with relaxation
“Classical conditioning is learning through consequences”
True or false
False - learning through association