The behavioural approach to explaining and treating phobias

Who first developed systematic desensitisation?

• Watson

• Wolpe

• Mowrer

• Skinner

In the two process model to explain the learning of phobias, what type of learning maintains the phobia?

• Classical conditioning

• Observation and imitation

• Operant conditioning

• Social learning

Identify the incorrect statement about Watson's conditioning procedure with Little Albert

• The neutral stimulus was the rat

• The conditioned stimulus was the rat

• The unconditioned stimulus was the noise

• The unconditioned response was the rat

The three processes involved in systematic desensitisation are

• Anxiety hierarchy, activating event and consequences

• Activating event, beliefs, relaxation

• Anxiety hierarchy, relaxation and exposure

• Activating event, relaxation and meditation

Which type of learning is systematic desensitisation based on?

• Social learning

• Operant conditioning

• Classical conditioning

• Trial and error learning

Which of the following statements about systematic desensitisation is false?

• Research has shown it to be effective

• It involves counter-conditioning

• It is only suitable for a limited range of patients

• When given a choice, patients tend to prefer it to flooding

Which of the following statements about flooding is false?

• Flooding involves constructing an anxiety hierarchy

• Flooding is based on the classical conditioning principle of extinction

• Flooding stops phobic responses more quickly than systematic desensitisation

• Flooding is more cost effective than other treatments for specific phobias

Which type of phobia is flooding most effective at treating?

• Social phobias

• Simple or specific phobias

• Social anxiety

• Agoraphobia

Avoidance of a phobic object or situation to reduce anxiety is an example of which of the following?

• Negative punishment

• Negative reinforcement

• Positive punishment

• Positive reinforcement

Which of the following is not a valid criticism of the two process model to explain phobias?

• Not all phobias are linked to a traumatic experience

• It has poor explanatory power

• In agoraphobia avoidance may be motivated more by feeling safe than avoiding anxiety

• It does not explain why some phobias are more easily acquired than others