Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Aversion Therapy, Long-Term Memory, Systematic Desensitization

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Psychotherapy based on principles of classical or operant conditioning. Problem is viewed as error or failure in learning. Patient is still in touch with reality (they are aware it is irrational but still afraid of it) Some phobias are easy to deal with, ie fear of wild animals, keep away from zoo or wild, but it can generalize or worsen (ie, may develop in to fear for animals on tv) Exposure: fear viewed as cr, so extinguish by repeated presentation. 1: flooding: patient is continuously presented with fearful object, until it no longer produces a response (not suitable for intense phobia), and it"s hard for patients to do it willingly, therefore not always possible. Eg, put a snake phobia patient in a room of snakes for a few hours. 2: implosion: patient must continuously imagine fearful situation. Eg, think about being in a room full of snakes.