PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Aversion Therapy, Virtual Reality, Classical Conditioning
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Relaxation: learn to relax, associate the feeling with a trigger, practice using the trigger. Hierarchy of fears: create hierarchy, go through it slowly, using the trigger, one cannot progress until they can remain relaxed on the previous step. In vivo exposure forcing clients to directly face their fears until their fears extinguish; very stressfully though not usually dangerous. Imaginal exposure same idea except it relies on graphic imagery rather than in vivo experiences (virtual reality) Aversion therapy pairing a noxious (aversive) stimulus with some undesired behaviour. Reinforcement of adaptive behaviours if an incompatible behaviour exists, it can be positively reinforced which causes the elimination of the unwanted behaviour. Token economies using tokens to reinforce desired outcomes. Modelling having a therapist model adaptive behaviour; leads to vicarious extinction. Assertiveness therapy a process for developing coping skills especially for people who feel they are being walked on by others; opposes anxiety. Extinction removing positive reinforces that were present; notion of extinction burst.
