patient as they have simply learnt disorder due upbringing & environment so doesn’t condemn for having disease as not held responsible. Ethical approach in this sense as not stigmatised + systematic desensitization* is very effective -uses the behavioural approach for simple phobias. * a treatment for phobias in which the patient is exposed to progressively more anxiety-provoking stimuli and taught relaxation techniques. + based on animal studies. Animal studies assumes same basic laws of learning
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References: Bandura‚ A. (2011). Social Cognitive Theory. Retrieved from http://www.rpi.edu/bandura.htm Systematic Desensitization. (2011). Retrieved from Wikipedia‚ the free online encyclopedia. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/systematic_desensitization
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Use classical conditioning principles to explain the development of phobias‚ and describe how systematic desensitisation can be used to overcome fears and phobias. Illustrate with an example/s Classical conditioning is a wonderful form of therapy which involves studying the condition that predicts that a spesific event will occur. Humans acquire a lot of their behavior through classical conditioning. Classical conditioning involves different learning principles‚ which include: acquisition‚ extinction
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One of the ways that they can be cured is through systematic desensitization. Systematic desensitization is a method that therapists uses to slowly decrease someone’s phobia. At first they may start with pictures of the thing that causes the phobia and eventually lead up to the person holding or touching what causes their phobia. This is exactly what happens to Mike throughout the entire movie. He starts off being afraid of the children
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anticipation of danger‚ it is a potential signal that warning of impending danger and enables the individual to take measures to deal with treat” (Taber’s‚ 1997). Anxiety disorders are classified as disorders such as panic disorders‚ agoraphobias‚ phobias‚ extreme avoidance of feared objects associated to distress or impairments. B. F. Skinner (1974) talking about this conditions state “It is often said that there is an intrapsychic life of the mind‚ totally independent of the physical world‚ in which
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is learning by association and is the main way in which we develop phobias. The main type being specific phobias which are generally influenced by genetics or a traumatic childhood event. There are three basic principles off classical conditioning which are important to be aware of when researching the development of phobias: Acquisition‚ extinction and spontaneous recovery. Indirect conditioning is also a major factor in how phobias can develop. Examples of indirect conditioning are generalisation
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Fears: 1. Psychologists consider a phobia to be an irrational fear‚ meaning it is a fear reaction that is out of proportion to the reality of the danger. This differentiates itself from a normal fear reaction because the apprehension felt towards something alarming is to a real danger. 2. According to the Freudian concept of psychoanalysis‚ phobias are believed to originate from childhood traumas. This perspective also supports the idea that phobias may be replacing other hidden fear or
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+ operant conditioning and social learning theory. Classical conditioning is learning by associated‚ this is when we create a new stimulus response link by associating one stimulus to a response. For example little albert was conditioned to have a phobia of white fluffy objects. Psychologists found an unconditioned stimulus for Albert which was a loud noise‚ this was his unconditioned response of fear. They then placed a white rat in with Albert (he wasn’t scared of it) and played they noise every
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cognitive therapy. *C) psychoanalysis. PG 653 D) systematic desensitization. E) operant conditioning techniques. 2. Sluggishness‚ tremors‚ and twitches similar to those of Parkinson’s disease are most likely to be associated with the excessive use of certain ________ drugs. A) antidepressant *B) antipsychotic PG 676 C) antimanic D) antianxiety 3. Electroconvulsive therapy has proven to be effective in the treatment of: A) phobias. B) dissociative disorders. C) schizophrenia
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disorder causing one to be deathly afraid of strangers and being in public areas. a) assuming the role of a successful psychologist‚ explain how you might use systematic desensitization to help cure a patient of xenophobia. b) if your initial attempts using systematic desensitization fail‚ what will you prescribe next? Desensitization is awfully similar to classical conditioning in the way that the individual is repeatedly exposed to the stimulus. The repeated exposure to the stimulus will
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