CLP3305 Exam 4 - FSU || Get it Correct.
What is the behavioral approach? correct answers Emphasis on science, less emphasis on
inferred variables. More Skinner, less Freud. It focuses on stimuli and responses.
Watson and Rayner (1920) correct answers Conditioned "Little Albert" to become afraid of white
rats. Showed how neurosis can develop in a child.
Mary Cover Jones (1924) correct answers Demonstrated how learned fears can be removed. A 3
year old boy was afraid of rabbits, but after Jones brought a rabbit closer and closer to the boy as
he was eating food, he became conditioned to enjoy the rabbit. "Re-conditioning"
B.F. Skinner (1950) correct answers Introduced operant conditioning. He believed that frequency
of a behavior can be increased using reinforcement and decreased using punishment.
Positive Reinforcement correct answers Increasing the frequency of a behavior by using a
reward. (Example: giving a dog a treat and praise when it follows your command)
Negative Reinforcement correct answers Increasing the frequency of a behavior by taking away
something undesirable. (Example: parents removing restrictions on tv time in exchange for good
grades)
Positive Punishment correct answers Decreasing frequency of a behavior by introducing an
undesirable stimulus. (Example: Parents giving a time out)
Negative Punishment correct answers Decreasing frequency of a behavior by taking away a
desired stimulus. (Example: Parent takes away a tv or phone)
Early Behavior Therapy correct answers Conditioning, goal was to see a tangible difference in
behavior, the behavioral issues are the main problem. Ignored thoughts/cognition.
, Systematic Desensitization correct answers A behavioral therapy technique used to decrease
anxiety. Patient imagines their fears while they are completely relaxed. Utilize progressive
muscle relaxation and imaginal hierarchy.
Reciprocal Inhibition correct answers The principle that one cannot be anxious and relaxed at the
same time.
Exposure Therapy correct answers Facing fears in an imagined or real state. Habituation to the
feared stimulus creates a less anxious response each time.
How does one achieve the most benefit from exposure therapy? correct answers 1. Long
exposure
2. Repeated exposure until the fear is GONE
3. Client must not engage in safety behaviors
4. Low to high exposure (ex. looking at a picture of a spider, looking at a spider, touching a
spider)
5. Client must attend to the feared stimulus
6. Exposure MUST provoke anxiety
What disorders is exposure the most beneficial for treating? correct answers OCD and panic
disorder
Interoceptive Exposure correct answers The exposure to the physical feeling of being anxious.
(Example: running up a flight of stairs, breathing through a straw, standing up quickly)
Behavioral Rehearsal correct answers Teaching the client new behaviors.
What is the technique of behavioral rehearsal? correct answers 1. Familiarize the patient with the
need for learning new behaviors, reduce any anxiety
2. Draw up a hierarchy of situations for the client to engage in.
What is the behavioral approach? correct answers Emphasis on science, less emphasis on
inferred variables. More Skinner, less Freud. It focuses on stimuli and responses.
Watson and Rayner (1920) correct answers Conditioned "Little Albert" to become afraid of white
rats. Showed how neurosis can develop in a child.
Mary Cover Jones (1924) correct answers Demonstrated how learned fears can be removed. A 3
year old boy was afraid of rabbits, but after Jones brought a rabbit closer and closer to the boy as
he was eating food, he became conditioned to enjoy the rabbit. "Re-conditioning"
B.F. Skinner (1950) correct answers Introduced operant conditioning. He believed that frequency
of a behavior can be increased using reinforcement and decreased using punishment.
Positive Reinforcement correct answers Increasing the frequency of a behavior by using a
reward. (Example: giving a dog a treat and praise when it follows your command)
Negative Reinforcement correct answers Increasing the frequency of a behavior by taking away
something undesirable. (Example: parents removing restrictions on tv time in exchange for good
grades)
Positive Punishment correct answers Decreasing frequency of a behavior by introducing an
undesirable stimulus. (Example: Parents giving a time out)
Negative Punishment correct answers Decreasing frequency of a behavior by taking away a
desired stimulus. (Example: Parent takes away a tv or phone)
Early Behavior Therapy correct answers Conditioning, goal was to see a tangible difference in
behavior, the behavioral issues are the main problem. Ignored thoughts/cognition.
, Systematic Desensitization correct answers A behavioral therapy technique used to decrease
anxiety. Patient imagines their fears while they are completely relaxed. Utilize progressive
muscle relaxation and imaginal hierarchy.
Reciprocal Inhibition correct answers The principle that one cannot be anxious and relaxed at the
same time.
Exposure Therapy correct answers Facing fears in an imagined or real state. Habituation to the
feared stimulus creates a less anxious response each time.
How does one achieve the most benefit from exposure therapy? correct answers 1. Long
exposure
2. Repeated exposure until the fear is GONE
3. Client must not engage in safety behaviors
4. Low to high exposure (ex. looking at a picture of a spider, looking at a spider, touching a
spider)
5. Client must attend to the feared stimulus
6. Exposure MUST provoke anxiety
What disorders is exposure the most beneficial for treating? correct answers OCD and panic
disorder
Interoceptive Exposure correct answers The exposure to the physical feeling of being anxious.
(Example: running up a flight of stairs, breathing through a straw, standing up quickly)
Behavioral Rehearsal correct answers Teaching the client new behaviors.
What is the technique of behavioral rehearsal? correct answers 1. Familiarize the patient with the
need for learning new behaviors, reduce any anxiety
2. Draw up a hierarchy of situations for the client to engage in.
