Treating Phobias Flashcards
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What is systematic desensitisation?
Gradually exposes a patient toa feared stimulus in a controlled and relaxed environment
What is Counterconditioning?
The patient is taught relaxation as a response to the stimulus to overcome the original learnt behaviour
What is reciprocal inhibition?
The idea that relaxation and fear cannot exist at the same time
What are the three elements of systematic desensitisation?
- Anxiety hierarchy,
- relaxation,
- exposure
What is the anxiety hierarchy?
A hierarchy is constructed and the patient works through it while engaging in relaxation
What two types of exposure are there?
In vitro (imagining) and in vivo (real life)
Which experiment found that in vivo was more successful?
Menzies and Clarke 1993
What is covert desensitisation?
The patient imagines an unpleasant consequence to their behaviour
What is in vivo desensitisation?
The patient receives a real positive consequence to their behaviour
What was the technophobia expetiment?
Brosnan and Thorpe 2006
Is SD successful for a range of phobias?
Yes
What was the noise phobia experiment and what did it find?
McGrath et al 1990
Found 75% reduction in symptoms using in vivo
Why
