PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Aversion Therapy, Systematic Desensitization

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Ingrid Johnsrude

Document Summary

Maladaptive behavior is the problem: need to change his behavior directly. Most techniques used are based on operant and classical conditioning. operant: based on the fact behavior is affected by consequences (can lead to increase/decrease of that behaviors) Classical conditioning: association between stimulus and natural response transferred to another stimulus. Modeling: imitate the successful behaviors of others ( note: not really operant conditioning but textbook puts it here. ) Flooding: directly and fully exposed to fearful stimulus until fear dissipates. Afraid of dogs, dog is put in the room. Aversion therapy: pleasant but undesirable stimulus (eg, alcohol) paired with aversive response (eg vomiting) Stimulus usually pleasurable, paired with unpleasant stimulus. Behavioral therapies phobias, addictions and specific problem behaviours that can be targeted. Systematic desensitization: remove unpleasant emotional response produced by the feared object or situation and replace it with an incompatible one- relaxation. Cognitive behavioral therapy thoughts, beliefs and perceptions interact with environment to produce maladaptive behavior.