PSYC 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Aversion Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Classical Conditioning
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Ivan pavlov"s classical conditioning studies with dogs in russia. John watson"s efforts to bring classical conditioning to the us: b. f. skinner"s and e. l. thorndike"s studies of operant conditioning, environment playing a role in reinforcing/punishing behaviors. Flipping a light switch that won"t turn on - will stop trying it: goal of behavior therapy, the primary goal of behavior therapy is observable behavior change, no emphasis on internal, mental processes. In contrast to previous approaches (psychodynamic and humanistic: emphasis on empiricism. Study of human behavior could be scientific: clinical methods could be scientifically evaluated via testable hypotheses and empirical data based on observable variables. Introspection is not an acceptable way to measure progress-not directly observable: two types of conditioning, classical conditioning, exemplified by pavlov"s dog studies, ucs evokes ucr, ucs and cs are paired (occur together) Includes direct instructions, modeling, rehearsal, and homework: prolonged exposure for ptsd, combines elements of: imaginal exposure.
