PSYC-339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Biopsychosocial Model, Systematic Desensitization, Progressive Muscle Relaxation
20 Sep 2017
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Classical conditioning: associating a previously neutral stimuli with a unconditional stimuli and response. Used to modify chemo treatment: conditioned taste aversion, develops after one experience. Little albert: fear generalized to all white things; first systematic study of phobias. With phobias, one may fear one thing, and then generalize this fear to other things. Wolpe was first to develop behavioural therapy inclu. Bf skinner: operant condition, including positive and negative reinforcement, punishment thus fear is preserved. Negative reinforcement important to phobias: one tends to avoid the situation, and. Techniques: relaxation training: letting go , but also progressive muscle relaxation : patient both tenses and relax (feel the difference): with either technique goal is to eventually reach the point where the person can relax on command. Requires patient to practice relaxing, so it can be done on command. Relaxation training not used as commonly anymore, but still useful. Relaxation also necessary for systematic desensitization to occur (otherwise person will remain anxious).
