Movies
In the movie Fight Club, Marla and the main character use this type of therapy where they attend meetings with those affected by the same addictions and illnesses.
Group Therapy
During set point in the state championship, Paul Castleman imagines the crowd as clowns to reduce his anxiety. What training technique is he using?
Stress Inoculation Training
When Jennifer's parents get a divorce, she is distraught. Jennifer and her mom want to talk to a trained professional about the dynamics and difficulties of their household. What type of therapy are they considering?
Family Therapy
An individual fears Cybertrucks after one rear-ended their car. Their therapist shows them Cybertruck- related videos that gradually increase in length in order to help them overcome the fear. What method of therapy is being used?
Exposure Therapy
In the Sandlot, a group of young boys chew tobacco (harmful stimulus) while on a nausea- inducing rollercoaster. What phenomenon is being exhibited?
Taste Aversion
Coach Wiggins utilized a ___ by giving the baseball team a pizza party for every game completed by pitchers.
Token Economy
Mr. Rocco catches his daughter smoking a cigarette. He then makes her smoke the whole pack (creating an unpleasant state) so she will not repeat the unwanted behavior. What type of conditioning is being used?
Aversive Conditioning
A child who had to evacuate the Los Angeles fires now associates travel with fear, anxiety, and uncertainty. To combat this, her parents drive her to parks where she has positive experiences. What type of conditioning are her parents using?
Counterconditioning
In Star Wars, the Padawans (Jedis in training) use this type of exposure therapy by wearing helmets to prepare to fight evil.
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
At the start of his career, Tiger Woods was scared of playing in larger, more intimidating golf tournaments. To combat this, his therapist has him list possible experiences from least to most stressful, and encourages him to approach the more achievable ones first. What tool is being used?
Fear Hierarchy
When Ms. Moore gives pop quizzes to her classes, she teaches the behavior of reading by rewarding students with good grades using this type of conditioning.
Operant Conditioning
When a social media user engages with a post positively, the platform’s algorithm shows them more related content (reward) in an effort to get them to continue the desirable behavior. The larger reinforcement process that is occurring is known by this two-word term.
Behavior Modification
In the movie Rio, a macaw who grew up in captivity, has to learn how to fly (a source of anxiety throughout his life). He has tried systematic desensitization at home and exposure therapies later when he has to jump out of the plane, both of which are examples of this.
Behavioral Therapy
Everytime Brendan went to catch the Frisbee during a game, he became nervous. To overcome this, he has someone throw a Frisbee at him while he is in a relaxed state, and the difficulty of the throws gradually increases. What type of exposure therapy is he using?
Systematic Desensitization
After a hard workout in gym class, former Webster gym teacher Coach Hoath would teach this physical technique during meditation to jumpstart recovery.
Progressive Relaxation
Selena Gomez has just recently opened up about her experience in this type of therapy, where she opens up and talks about her intense emotions and harmful behavior patterns in order to cope with distress in future situations more effectively.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
In Inside Out, all of Riley's emotions in her head are teaching her ways to get over her fears and teach her new ways of thinking to influence her response to events. What therapeutic technique are they using?
Cognitive Therapy
Greg Maddux was one of the best yet underrated pitchers in his time because he had a terrible offense and would lose despite pitching well. He used this type of therapy to reframe his thinking to challenge his recurrent patterns of negative self-talk.
Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy
Since they usually have 1st lunch, Colette and Evan have been conditioned with this type of conditioning to feel hungry after academic networking. This causes them to go to lunch and forget the timing of Rocco’s class.
Classical Conditioning