Psychology - Explaining and treating Phobias

What can help explain Phobias?

• The interactionist Approach

• The two process model

• Diasthesis Stress Model

• Systematic Desensitisation

What case study can be used to support Classical conditioning in the aquisition of phobias?

• KF

• Little Hans

• Little Albert

• Henry Molineux

What does the two-process model explain?

• Maintenance of Phobias

• Phobias are Biologically determined

• Phobias are environmentally determined

• Acquisition of Phobias

When explaining the acquisition of phobias, in Little Albert's case study what is the rat? (Key terminology)

Phobias are maintained through...

• Flooding

• Avoiding the unpleasant stimulus

• Punishment

• Negative reinforcement

Phobias as treated through

• Exposure

• Negative reinforcement

• Flooding

• Systematic Desensitisation

What does Systematic Desensitisation involve?

• Relaxation training

• Flooding

• Reciprocal inhibition

• Fear hierarchy

The first stage of Systematic Desensitisation involves

• developing a hierarchy

• reciprocal inhibition

• learning relaxation techniques

• counter conditioning

What is the process of treating phobias where you expose someone to their 'worst fears'?

• Ranking your fears

• Systematic desensitition

• Fear hierarchy

• Flooding

Which ones are correct?

• Flooding is cost effective

• Flooding takes less time to treat phobias

• Flooding is suited to treating all patient's phobias.

• Systematic Desensitisation is a slow process