Clinical Psychology/Intervention Flashcards
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Best treatment for chronic pain
Comprehensive tx, focusing on teaching coping skills to alleviate pain & increasing sense of control, incorporates hypnosis
6 phases of classical Adlerian psychotherapy
Support, Encouragement, Insight, Change, Challenge, MetaTherapy; there are 12 stages within these phases reflecting progressive strategies to awaken client’s underdeveloped sense of community
According to Ellis’ Rational Emotive Therapy, what is self indoctrination?
During early childhood, children internalize critical attitude of parents & perpetuate that as they grow older
Treatment of Specific Phobia
Brief In Vivo Exposure, often within 2 to 4 sessions; cognitive techniques may not improve effects substantially
Smith & Glass (1977)
1st meta analysis: allows researchers to stat compare several independent studies to yield single effect size indicating magnitude of IV’s effect
3 Categories of Behavioral Interventions
Based on:
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Social Learning Theory
2 Broad categories of Class Cond Interventions
Counterconditioning
Classical Extinction
Interventions based on counterconditioning principles
Aversive Conditioning
Systematic Desensitization
Sensate Focus
Assertiveness Training
Reciprocal Inhibition
Foundational principle of counterconditioning
Idea that 2 incompatible responses cannot be experienced at same time, so stronger will inhibit the weaker
Aversive Cond
Only for deviant bxs;
CS paired w/stronger negative stim
Ex: smoking paired w/electric shock (in vivo)
Ex: smoking paired w/imagining lungs blackening (covert sensitization)
Short term benefit, high rates of recidivism
Theorist assoc w/Systematic Desensitization
Joseph Wolpe
Systematic Desens most commonly treats ____
specific phobias
Systematic Desensitization
Pt taught to relax deeply
Then create anxiety hierarchy
Teach client to relax while exposing to least to highest anxiety provoking event
*CS paired w/deep relaxation
True or False: Systematic Desens is the most efficacious tx for specific phobia.
False- prolonged & intense exposure (flooding) more effective
Sensate Focus
Masters & Johnson; reduce sexual perf anxiety by initially abstaining from intercourse, then focus on body massage until anxiety eliminated
- Targets the arousal sex cycle
- CS paired w/massage
Sexual Response Cycles (4 stages)
Masters & Johnson Excitement Plateau Orgasm Resolution
Assertiveness training
Social anxiety (CS) paired w/assertive bxs, leading to reduced distress & more effective coping start w/role plays move to real life situations
Interventions based on Classical Extinction
Flooding
Implosive Therapy
*CS presented repeatedly w/o US until CS no longer elicits CR
Flooding
Often don’t know what the US was to elicit fear response to CS, but tx focused on exposure to feared situation w/o option of fleeing
*Prolonged exposure (45 min) more effective than multiple brief periods
Implosive Therapy
Stampfl; imagination only, exposure to feared object & therapist interps psychosexual themes
2 Broad Categories of Intervention based on Operant Conditioning
Reinforcement
Punishment (or aversive control of bx)
Functional Assessment of Bx
Performed prior to operant conditioning based tx
Define target bx
Determine antecedents & consequences
Id contingencies (reinf & punishers) that maintain the bx
*this allows for creation of bx mod program
3 types of reinforcers
Primary- reinforce everyone (food)
Secondary-acquire value thru experience (praise)
Generalized Conditioned Reinforcers-not inherently reinforcing, but all access to other reinforcers (money)
Interventions based on reinforcement
Shaping Token Economy Contingency Contracting Premack Principle Differential Reinforcement Self Reinforcement