PS261 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Stuffed Toy, Exposure Therapy, Operant Conditioning Chamber
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In classical conditioning, extinction involves repeated presentations of the. In instrumental conditioning, extinction involves no longer presenting the reinforcer as a consequence of the instrumental response. Appears to be the opposite of acquisition. Extinction is being studied at the level of brain structures, neurotransmitter systems or fear conditioning paradigms. It is not the same thing that occurs because of forgetting. Exposure therapy is basically an extinction procedure in which participants are exposed to cues that elicit fear in the absence of the aversive. Extinction is an active process produced by the unexpected absence of the us or the reinforcer whereas. Forgetting is a decline in responding that may occur simply because of the passage of time and does not require non-reinforced encounters with the cs or the instrumental response. Social phobia, fear of flying, claustrophobia and other pathological fears and phobias are treated with some form of exposure therapy .
