psychopathology
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- Created on: 05-05-18 09:59
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- behavioural explanation to phobias: classical conditioning explains the initiantion of phobias through association. operant conditioning explains the maintenance of the phobia
- Little albert 'white rat' example.
- i am scared of spiders, so i avoid them. if i avoid them, it reduces my anxiety. therfore, by avoidance i am rewarded. this is called negative reinforcement (operant conditioning)
- what if phobias are genetic? the diathesis stress model says phobias arise from gene-environment interaction.
- Two-process model is oversimplifies - not everyone who has a traumatic event with a dog is scared of them
- systematic desensitisation - counter conditioning, relaxation techniques, fear hierachy.
- flooding - full exposure to the feared situation. in vivo/ in vitro
- SD - can be self administered, in vivo (real) is more successful
- Flooding - very traumatic procedure, CHOY (more effective than SD)
- cognitive explanations for deprssion - Becks negative triad
- negetaive schemas- self, world, future trapped in a negative thinking cycle
- Ellis' ABC model- based on irrational beliefs and consequences from an activating event
- Mustabatory thinking - thinking certain ideas must be true for someone to be happy (must be approved and accepted by society etc)
- Many practical applications in the success of CBT
- CBT blames the client rather than the…
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