Tutorial 11

Question 1

behavioural therapy?

Answer 1

• a disorder is a learned behavior through classical conditioning, operant conditioning etc.
• thus the therapy technique is to learn a new behavior

Question 2

exposure therapy?

Answer 2

• systematic densensitisation
• behavioural technique
• highly effective for phobias, anxiety, OCD, PTSD
• exposure to anxiety-provoking stimuli
• ‘exposure hierarchy’ –> sequence of increasingly fear provoking situations, this allows one to focus on one step at a time
• ‘flooding’ –> go for most intense, can also be very effective
  why does it work?
  1. natural habituation of anxiety within and between sessions
  2. reduced perception of threat

Question 3

extinction?

Answer 3

removing a reward from an undesirable behavior
ie. the kid is naughty to go on naughty matt outside, so you stop putting him on naughty mat

Question 4

positive reinforcement?

Answer 4

operant conditioning –> reward behavior by adding a good stimulus

Question 5

aversion therapy?

Answer 5

a type of behaviour therapy designed to make patients give up an undesirable habit by causing them to associate it with an unpleasant effect
- unpleasant
- not long term fix

Question 6

modelling?

Answer 6

• observational learning, model a behavior to make someone do it
• therapist modelling

Question 7

punishment?

Answer 7

• rarely used in therapy
• not that effective

Question 8

biological model/ treatment?

Answer 8

• disorder is due to abnormalities in brain (as opposed to the behavioural model wherein it is due to learned behaviours)