Behavioural summary
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- Created on: 13-03-13 16:56
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- Behavioural
- Behavioural Assumptions
- All behaviour is learned.
- Maladaptive behaviours are acquired the same way.
- Abnormality caused by learning.
- Strict behaviourists believe that only behaviour is important - not thoughts or feelings.
- Classical conditioning - learning through association
- Operant conditioning - learning through reward & punishment
- Social learning - observation & vicarious rewards.
- Learning environments reinforce problematic behaviours e.g. avoidant behaviour lowers anxiety & so is rewarding
- Limitations
- Limited view of factors that cause mental disorder, cognitive behavioural therapies include the role of thought
- Explanation Flawed - not everyone with phobia can identify a time when this was experiences & learned
- Some phobias more likely to develop than others - biological preparedness a key factor rathen than just learning.
- Symptom substitution suggests that although symptoms of a disorder may be behavioural, causes may not be.
- Therapies
- SD
- Gradual exposure to feared stimulus. & based on counter conditioning.
- Steps: Learn relaxation, construct desensitisation hierarchy. Visualise each event whilst relaxing. work though hierarchy. Eventually master fear
- Strengths
- Quick & requires very little effort
- Useful for people with learning disabilities.
- 75% recovery for phobics when treated with SD (capons et al.)
- Limitations
- Deals with symptoms not cause - may lead to symptom substitution.
- Ma y be less effective for 'ancient fears' such as fear of dark.
- SD
- Behavioural Assumptions
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