PS101 Lecture 26: Ch. 15 Types of therapies
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Tuesday, december 8, 2015. Goal: change problem feelings and behaviours by changing the way a client thinks about significant life experiences. Assumptions: what people feel and do starts with problems in the way people think. Identify irrational and self- defeating thought patterns. Help clients discover & change cognitions that underlie problems. Maladaptive behaviours are the problem, not a symptom. Maladaptive behaviours can be unlearned through classical operant conditioning, modelling. Phobias are treatedvia systematic desensitization or exposure therapy. Flooding: exposed to real- life stimuli. Implosion: imagine scenes involving stimuli. Relaxation & progressive association with stimulus hierarchy. Low- anxiety to high- anxiety scenes (10- 15) Anxiety & relaxation cannot co- exist (only one or the other) Condition an aversion to a cs. Cs paired with noxious ucs. Operant conditioning (behaviour modification) treatments. Use positive reinforcement, extinction, negative reinforcement, or punishment. Attempt to increase or reduce behaviour. Successful when traditional therapies are difficult to implement. Modelling and social skills training.
