PSYC36H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Panic Attack, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia
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Learning: a relatively enduring change in behaviour. It occurs when animals benefit from experience so that their behaviour is better adapted to the environment. Why would learning theory be important in psychotherapy: people want to learn coping skills, and how to adapt. Extinction presentation of feared stimulus without the occurrence of the feared response] Presenting the bell over and over again but not presenting the food, it would eventually fade out. Habituation: e. g. panic disorder with agoraphobia. The subway elicits no response, but panic attacks create fear/anxiety. Patient has panic attack on the subway. Su(cid:271)(cid:449)a(cid:455) the(cid:374) eli(cid:272)its fear a(cid:374)d a(cid:374)(cid:454)iet(cid:455) e(cid:448)e(cid:374)tuall(cid:455) (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es a (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374)ed. Operant conditioning stimulus: b. f. skinner, law of effect. Behaviours leading to a satisfying outcome are likely to reoccur. Behaviour leading to an aversive outcome are not likely to reoccur: reinforcement and punishment. *punishment works faster but the effects are not long lasting, punishment doesn"t tea(cid:272)h (cid:272)orre(cid:272)t (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iours, (cid:271)ut rei(cid:374)for(cid:272)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t tea(cid:272)hes correct behaviour: shaping.
