Behavioural Therapy and Relationships

Question 1

what is the behavioural therapy?

Answer 1

Systematic desensitisation
- Wolpe (1958)

Question 2

describe step 1 of the therapy

Answer 2

• a hierarchy is established: therapist gets the indv. to list situations from least to most fearful
  e.g looking at a picture to it being in the room

Question 3

describe step 2

Answer 3

the therapist trains the client deep relaxation techniques
This is a form of counter-conditioning

Question 4

describe step 3

Answer 4

therapist asks the client to visualise the least feared situation and simultaneously perform the relaxation techniques

Question 5

describe step 4

Answer 5

once the client feels comfortable at that level they move up the hierarchy.
This is then repeated

Question 6

describe step 5

Answer 6

over a series of sessions the client with cope with every level.
They can stop at any time and go to a lower level if need be.
eventually they can cope with the most feared situation at the top of the hierarchy

Question 7

effectiveness strength

Answer 7

-extremely effective in treatment of simple phobias
-60 and 90% of spider and blood phobias cured
*can improve the quality of life for some individuals

Question 8

effectiveness weakness

Answer 8

-not effective in treating phobias with underlying evolutionary survival components
*limited in only treating certain phobias

Question 9

effectiveness weakness

Answer 9

-only treats symptoms not problems
-targets learnt associations
*deeper issue may resurface as only eliminates surface symptoms

Question 10

effectiveness weakness

Answer 10

the success of the therapy is more to do with exposure than relaxation
*processes involved in SD are over complicated in relation to the outcome

Question 11

ethical strength

Answer 11

Valid consent
-clients begin in a healthy state of mind so can provide valid consent.
-also begin out of the clients own free will

Question 12

ethical weakness

Answer 12

-subjected to intense fear and anxiety
-Barlow and Durand (1989)
-can do more harm than good with high levels of stress
could make phobias worse and fail to protects pps from harm

Question 13

ethical strength

Answer 13

NO Flooding
NO rapidly exposing clients to the object of their phobias
- clients can go at their own pace and can move when they are comfortable enough to do so

Question 14

What is the relationships theory

Answer 14

Rewards/needs satisfaction theory

Question 15

Explain the theory - operant

Answer 15

reason people spend time in relationship is because they are positively reinforced
- through operant conditioning
Foa and Foa (1975) reward gained reproduces drive which cements relationship

Question 16

What are the Argyle needs that needs to be met

Answer 16

biological needs
dependency
affiliation
dominance
sex
aggression
self-esteem and ego

Question 17

explain theory - classical

Answer 17

-any neutral stimuli associated with reward will come to produce a positive feeling
-this eventually gets associated with the person rather than reward it was originally bases upon

Question 18

during conditioning

Answer 18

person = NS
compliment = US
pleasure = UR

Question 19

after conditioning

Answer 19

Person = CS
pleasure = CR