PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Psychosurgery, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 101
• Professor: Quinton Wendy

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Behavioral therapy: goal- change clients maladaptive behaviors, come from basic learning principles, methods- use learning principles to re-condition a person"s response, ex. Phobia of flying, or being claustrophobic- use basic learning principles like classical conditioning to re- condition people from their phobias: uses different procedures for different problem behaviors, ex. Someone afraid of open spaces- so you use flooding take patient and saturate this patient with fearful stimulus until anxiety is extinguished. Therapist takes agoraphobic (person who hates crowded places) to shopping mall. Flooding does not have the highest success rate, it is not a highly recommended procedure- it can create a worsened fear. Systematic desensitization (counter conditioning): idea- a person cannot feel relaxed and fearful at the same time, process- anxiety hierarchy, deep relaxation techniques, work through hierarchy while relaxed. As fear increases make your way back down to relaxation: effective but real- life exposure is very important.