PSYC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Exposure Therapy
13 Mar 2017
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With repeated exposure, people adapt: systematic desensitization type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli. After several sessions you will use these techniques in actual situations and be able to do them with less anxiety. Chapter 15 textbook notes: virtual reality exposure therapy an anxiety treatment that progressively exposes people to electronic stimulations of their greatest fears, such as airplane flying, spiders, or public speaking. Associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety- triggering stimuli. Progressively exposes people to electronic stimuli of their greatest. Associates the unwanted behavior with the unwanted feeling fears. May work short term but most likely not long term. Earning tokens when desired behavior is shown and later exchanging the tokens for privileges or treats. If a behavior can be learned, it can be unlearned, and replaced by other more adaptive responses classical conditioning. Token economies are an application of operant conditioning.
