behaviourist treatments and explanations for phobias
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- behaviourist treatments and explanations for phobias.
- Flooding
- This is where the phobic is exposed to the phobic stimulus with high intensity. They sit in a room and are exposed until they no longer scared of the object/ scenario
- An issue with this is that if you don't continue all the way through until the fear is gone it can increase the fear of the object/ scenario.
- unethical. You need to get written consent as it involves extremely high levels of fear and anxiety. Also has bad side effects if not done properly.
- An issue with this is that if you don't continue all the way through until the fear is gone it can increase the fear of the object/ scenario.
- Flooding is a cost effective method of getting over a fear. But it does not work for types of fear.
- This is where the phobic is exposed to the phobic stimulus with high intensity. They sit in a room and are exposed until they no longer scared of the object/ scenario
- Systematic desensitization
- You use this if you don't wamt to have to deal with high levels of stress that flooding causes.
- Create a fear hierarchy with the least stress event at 1 and the most stressful at 10.
- Phobic work through the list, you don't move on until they are comfortable with the previous stage.
- This uses the principles of classical conditioning.
- Flooding
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