Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Disulfiram, Aversion Therapy, Anxiety Disorder

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

Document Summary

Psychotherapy based on principles of classical and operant conditioning. Problem is viewed as error or failure" in learning. Simple phobia: intense, irrational fear of object or situation, relatively common, anxiety disorder. Patient is still in touch with reality. Flooding: patient is continuously" presented with fearful object, until it no longer produces a response, limited value: Pateient must be willing to expose self to fear at prolonged intervals. Implosion: patient must continuously" imagine fearful situation, ex. Think about being in a room full of snakes. Counter-conditioning: replace cr of fear with a more pleasant response. Pair the feared object (low) with the positive ucs-ucr. Gradually increase intensity of the fear object. Systematic desensitization: best and first system, wolpe (1958) Train client in muscle relaxation on cue. Client imagines fearful situation; receives relaxation cue. Client imagines even more fearful situation; receives cue. Client progresses to actual experience of fearful situation; receives cue (in vivo desensitization)