Behavior Therapy
Behavior therapy is meant to correct ________ behaviors
Maladaptive
Learned behavior patterns tend to _____ over time if they are not reinforced.
Is negatively reinforced or positively reinforced behavior more difficult to deal with?
Negative
Aversion Therapy involves modifying undesirable behavior by the old-fashioned method of __________.
Aversion Therapy involves modifying undesirable behavior by the old-fashioned method of punishment.
Most human behavior is learned observationally through _____.
Most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling.
A maladjusted person is seen as differing from other people only in?
Faulty coping patterns
What is the simplest way to eliminate maladaptive patterns?
Remove the reinforcement
What is the typical reaction of someone with a negatively reinforced maladaptive behavior?
Anxiety
Without proper behavior substitute following aversion therapy, is aversion therapy affective?
No. Clients will refrain from behavior in "unsafe" situations, such as therapy, but continue behavior in "safe" situations in the world with no immediate aversive results.
Modeling involves the learning of skills though ________ another person, such as a parent or therapist, who performs the behavior.
Modeling involves the learning of skills though imitating another person, such as a parent or therapist, who performs the behavior.
Around what period did behavior therapy "come into its own?"
The 1960's
In implosion, clients are asked to imagine and relive aversive scenes associated with their _________.
Anxiety
When a client becomes anxious about a painful situation, what is their typical reaciton?
Withdraw
What is the most commonly used aversive stimulus?
Electric Shock
Observational learning (modeling) does not seem to require extrinsic ________.
Observational learning (modeling) does not seem to require extrinsic reinforcement.
Instead of exploring past traumatic events, behavior therapists attempt to modify behavior in which way(s)?
Rewards or punishments
Two techniques that rely on the principle of extinction
Implosion and flooding
Systematic desensitization is a therapeutic procedure aimed at _____________.
Systematic desensitization is a therapeutic procedure aimed at Anxiety Reduction.
A therapist who believes it possible to "take away" something without _______ is likely to be disappointed.
A therapist who believes it possible to "take away" something without "giving something back" is likely to be disappointed.
It has been found that live modeling of fearlessness combined with instruction and guided participation is the most effective _________ treatment.
It has been found that live modeling of fearlessness combined with instruction and guided participation is the most effective desensitization treatment.
According to the "strict behaviorist," _____ does not exist.
Personality. (instead they are modifiable habits)
Flooding is another word for this type of therapy.
Exposure therapy
One technique has proven especially useful in extinguishing negative reinforced involves eliciting an __________ or __________ response.
One technique has proven especially useful in extinguishing negative reinforced involves eliciting an antagonistic or competing response.
What are common maladaptive behaviors (name 2) that aversion therapy has been used to treat?
Smoking, drinking, overeating, drug dependence, gambling, sexual variants, "bizarre psychotic behavior."
Modeling and imitation are used in various forms of behavior therapy, especially in the treatment of _____.
Modeling and imitation are used in various forms of behavior therapy, especially in the treatment of phobias.