PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Grey Matter, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Aversion Therapy

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Ingrid Johnsrude

Document Summary

Traditional forms of psychotherapy: psychoanalysis, humanist, gestalt. Maladaptive behavior is the problem; need to change this behavior directly. (big bang theory example, with sheldon and penny with chocolate) Modelling: imitate the successful behaviors of other (note: not really. Extinction of maladaptive behaviours; remove previously available positive reinforcers. Punishment of maladaptive behaviours: administer negative consequences for undesirable behaviour. Systematic desensitization: pair increasingly feared stimuli (eg. spiders) with a relaxation response. Flooding: directly and fully exposed to fearful stimulus until fear dissipates. Aversion therapy: pleasant but undesirable stimulus (eg. alcohol) paired with an aversive response (eg. vomiting) Antecedent (event)------ beliefs-------consequences (eg. emotions: developed by albert alex. Polarized thinking ( black and white thinking: (if i don t get 100% on the test im a total failure) Overgeneralizations: (my first boyfriend dumped me, no one will ever love me) Personalization: (eg. she didn t say hi to me, i must have done something wrong)