Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Aversion Therapy, Disulfiram, Physical Attractiveness

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: All

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Topics of the day: behaviour therapy, memory quiz. Aversion therapy: behaviour maintained because of reinforcement contingency, alcohol relaxes the body, staying in house avoids fear, gambling produces a fear, to change behaviour, change contingency, punishment i. e. alcoholic given antabuse; drinking illness. Is this effective: wiens & menustir (1983, 1 yr later 2/3 of them are not drinking, 3 yr later 1/3 of them are not drinking. Memory: shocking events disrupt memory, requires active processing, acquisition (encoding)- getting information into memory, memory trace, retention (storage, retrieval (decoding)- getting information out of memory, recall, spontaneously generate info, recognition. Topics of the day: mere exposure, emotional state, physical attractiveness. She has never been in love and not in a long-term relationship. Per ainsworth, we would consider her attachment at 1 year would be: anxious- avoidant or anxious-resistant. If the initial reaction is negative repeated exposure results in decreased liking. Influence by initial impressions: yes, kleinke et al. (1986, most preferred lines: