Week 2 Flashcards
excitatory learning brain area
amygdala
classical conditioning and PTSD example
conditioned stimulus –> unconditioned stimulus –> conditioned response
PTSD example: CS (car) –> US (car crash) –> CR (sense of threat or danger)
PTSD patients and excitatory learning
failure to extinguish or inhibit the excitatory fear association
delayed extinction learning before deployment predicted…
more ptsd complaints after deployment
extinction learning
disappearance of behavior that is learned by association with an event
theory behind exposure therapy
habituation hypothesis: anxiety levels will decrease with more exposure to stimulus
Prof. Michelle perspective on what is central to extinction of response
inhibitory learning is central to extinction
4 different ways in practicing exposure therapy
gradual exposure vs. flooding (immediately going to the worst step ever)
working via hierarchy vs variable practice
overexposure
allowance or removal of safety signals (good to not have them though)
first 5 elements of case formulation
- problem list (behavior patterns)
- precipitants and activating situations
- hypothesized origins
- working hypothesis
- sharing and exploring formulation with the client
last 4 elements of case formulation
- treatment plan
- establishing motivation for change and securing a commitment for action
- potential obstacles to effective therapy
- procedures for evaluating effectiveness of therapy
When verbal rules function as an antecedent of behavior, such behavior is…
rule-governed (if i make myself vomit, I won’t get fat)
self-efficacy and outcome expectations
self-efficacy: set of beliefs about ones ability to perform certain behaviors
outcome: refers to persons estimate that a given behavior will result in certain outcomes
in social cognitive theory, positive outcome expectations function as…
incentives for behavior
while negative outcomes are disincentives
hypothesized origins
refers to person variables, it is ones biological characteristics and learning history as related to the primary problem areas
working hypothesis
seeks to explain function of problematic behavior for the individual and to specify the forms of problematic behavior that share similar functions
it is the heart of case formulation
behavioral assessments within CBT tend to be idiographic, or…
idiographic, or centered on individual and his uniqueness
4 tasks for therapist to communicate formulation to the client
- presenting formulation in an open and collaborative manner
- distinguishing the client from the problem
- using effective communication strategies
- dealing effectively with the issue of diagnosis
what diagnosis is not appropriate to share
personality disorders, because of stigma and conceptual and psychometric difficulties associated with the concepts
questions that can help client identify goals
how will you know when you have solved this problem?
what will you do differently once this problem is solved
steps to develop a collaborative plan for therapy
- reaching consensus on the goals of therapy
- prioritize problem areas
3 classes of Linehan’s stage 1 treatment targets
- life-threatening behaviors (suicidal behaviors)
- therapy-interfering behaviors (gazing at clock frequently, etc.)
- quality-of-life interfering behaviors (substance abuse, unprotected sexual behavior, financial problems, etc)
contingency management strategies involve…
involves altering environmental conditions that occur before (antecedents) or after (consequences) behaviors of clinical interest
behavioral contingency
central concept associated with contingency management
relationship between events that occasion a behavior, the behavior itself, and consequences that behavior produces
a behavior is under stimulus control when it…
reliably occurs in the presence of a particular stimulus but not its stimulus
2 assumptions of contingency management interventions
target behavior in question is under the influence of direct-acting environmental antecedents or consequences
client has the targeted behaviors within his behavioral repertoire
3 steps of applying contingency management interventions
- specifying and defining target behaviors and relevant contextual factors
- orienting the client to contingency management
- monitoring and attending to target behaviors
target behavior should be…
3
clearly defined, directly observable, and can be recorded or monitored
methods to change behavior by altering antecedents
remove or avoid antecedents (cue elimination)
modifying antecedents
introducing stimulus cues to alter frequency of behavior
discrimination training
arranging establishing operations to decrease / increase behavior
altering consequences to influence behavior
burning bridges
a dialectical behavior therapy strategy for substance abusers
involves client cutting off his or her contact with drug users and drug dealers, reducing stimuli signaling
approach to removing antecedents
cue elimination (good for addicts)
modifying antecedents strategy example
instead of having a jar of cookies, have a jar of fruits
introducing stimulus cues to alter frequency of behavior
examples
Rachel struggles with depression and has difficulty getting out of bed in morning. She put an alarm across her room so she would need to get up physically to turn it off.
discrimination training
delivery of reinforcers or punishers for behavior in a given stimulus situation but not in other stimulus situations.
you have trained your dog to jump in the air whenever you say the command, “Jump!” In this instance, discrimination refers to your dog’s ability to distinguish between the command for jumping and similar commands such as sit, stay, or speak
when discrimination training is successful…
individual learns to discriminate between situations in which certain behavior is appropriate or not appropriate. Client will more likely attend to relevant cues (SD) in a given situation and ignore irrelevant cues (S^)
S^
denotes a discriminative stimulus that signals unavailability of reinforcement or punishment for a particular behavior.
discrimination training and anxiety disorder
helps client learn to only engage in avoidance behavior in present of cues that signal actual threat or danger (SD) and ignore irrelevant cues.
stimulus generalization
occurs when behavior that has been reinforced in one context increases in frequency or intensity in other contexts in which behavior has not been previously reinforced.