Behavior therapies 5.5b Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
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Behavior therapy
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Modify behavior using the environment
2
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Exposure therapy
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Gradually expose patients to things they fear and avoid (habituation)
3
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Systematic desensitization
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List of all the things that lead up to the thing you’re scared of - progressive relaxation
4
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Aversive conditioning
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A type of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state (such as nausea) with an unwanted behavior; cognitive interference
5
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Cognitive interferences
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People know they won’t get sick when not taking the treatment, so it doesn’t generalize over to normal life
