PSY BEH 11C Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Disulfiram, Etiology, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
12 Oct 2017
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Based on learning type: classical conditioning, instrumental/operant conditioning. Classical conditioning: cause = faulty association between unconditioned and conditioned stimulus. Pavlov: classical conditioning approach: thorndike: law of effect (operant conditioning, watso(cid:374)/b. f. Cause of problem: failed to learn appropriate behavior or reinforced for inappropriate behavior. Techniques: shaping, token economy e. g. autism, specific phobia. Symptoms of physical tension or sympathetic n. s arousal. Anxiety and agitation directed at a particular threat. Slight amount of fear is normal and beneficial. Intense, unreasonable (clients know this, must be known by client) fear. 7-11% of population, but about 2 women per 1 man. Negative reinforcement (a type of operant conditioning) to maintain the phobia. May be phylogenetic and adaptive (e. g. snakes, spiders, heights) Phobics have more 1st degree relatives with phobias than non phobics. Professor gallagher and his controversial technique of simultaneously confronting fear of heights, snakes, and the dark. Pair unpleasant state with unwanted behavior i. e. antabuse for alcoholics, nail biters wear nail polish.
