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Systematic desensitisation

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Systematic desensitisation was first developed by...

a)

Jones

b)

Wolpe

c)

Watson

d)

Pavlov

2.

Systematic desensitisation is also known as...

a)

flooding

b)

token economy

c)

graduated exposure therapy

d)

shaping through successive approximation

3.

Systematic desensitisation is based on the theory of

a)

Social learning

b)

classical conditioning

c)

operant conditioning

d)

social impact

4.

Term is given to the inability to relax and be anxious at the same time?

a)

graduated exposure

b)

counter-conditioning

c)

reciprocal determinism

d)

reciprocal inhibition

5.

Creates the fear hierarchy

a)

the therapist

b)

the client (person with phobia)

6.

The use of role models alongside the more traditional systematic desensitisation

a)

Flooding

b)

Shaping by approximation

c)

Participant modelling

d)

Reciprocal inhibition

7.

Used an early form of SD with a child known as Little Peter

a)

Jones

b)

Wolpe

c)

Pavlov

d)

Watson

8.

Which animals was used to help treat Little Peter?

a)

rat

b)

dog

c)

rabbit

d)

mouse

9.

Capafons was able to treat what percentage of his sample of aerophobics?

a)

65%

b)

70%

c)

85%

d)

90%

10.

Which of the following may be most difficult to treat with SD?

a)

agoraphobia

b)

social phobia

c)

animal phobia

d)

blood/needle phobia

11.

Which of the following is said to be the MOST important feature of SD?

a)

Learning relaxation techniques

b)

Creating and working up the fear hierarchy

c)

Exposure to the feared object/situation

d)

Time spent with the therapist

12.

When the person is exposed to their feared object and it no longer elicits fear, this is called

a)

extinction

b)

spontaneous recovery

c)

generalisation

d)

satiation

13.

Meaning of the term in vivo

a)

in real life

b)

imagined

c)

innate/inborn

d)

in pictures