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| • Factor 1 of theory of fear |
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| acquisition of fear (classical) |
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| factor 2 of theory of fear |
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| Maintenance of the fear (operant) |
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| since the rat is pressing the lever it is reinforcing the learning, fear strengthened bc of behavior |
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| Maintenance of the fear (operant) |
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| o Operant response of lever pressing results in the removal of |
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| several (CS buzzer, US shock, and fear) |
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| because it is removing fear it is -- that in turn -- the likelihood of -- |
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| negative (remove) that in turn increase the likelihood of lever pressing |
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| in short term the theory of fear is |
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| • Negative feedback loop in short term: output (pushing lever) removes the buzzer (input for fear) |
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| in long term the theory of fear is |
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| • Positive feedback loop in long term if the negative reinforcement for the lever press helps maintain the buzzers ability to elicit fear (thru negative reinforcement) *will be on exam |
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| persistent, unreasonable fears of specific stimuli |
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| people with phobias recognize-- but -- |
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| • Often recognize fear is unreasonable/excessive but that does not reduce fear |
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| • Development of strong avoidance/escape responses |
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Fog scenario- what is the unconditioned stimulus?
what is fog
what is fear |
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Burried/trapped can innately/reflexively is a stimulus for fear=US
Fear is a response. Fog is learned. |
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| Classical conditioning in fog sceanario |
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• Burried/trapped (US) -> Fear (UR)
• Fog (CS)+ Buried/Trapped -> Fear (CR) |
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| operant conditioning in fog scenario |
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| • Avoid/escape fog (R) -> terminates fog, which reduces fear (Negative reinforcement, removing something increase behavior by making you feel better. Will avoid it in the future) |
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| what feedback loop is the fog scenario |
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| Short term this is negative feedback, removing stimulus that is causing fear |
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| recurrent, intrusive thoughts that cause anxiety |
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| obsessive Person often recognize the thoughts are -- but |
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| unreasonable but is still motivated to respond to them |
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| repetitive actions aimed at escaping obsessions and reducing anxiety. |
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| • Obsession _. Anxiety -> carry out compulsion |
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| feeds back and reduces obsession= negative feedback loop in short term |
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| Chase is afraid of getting sick. Obsession= |
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| classical model of getting sick fear |
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| Unsanitary conditions (CS) -> anxiety (CR) |
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| operant model of getting sick fear |
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| Clean things (operant response) -> Anxiety removed (consequence) |
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| compulsive behavior is a -- feedback loop |
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| • Response prevention (flooding)- |
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| you stop the model at the anxiety point, cannot get out or execute the compulsive behavior or get away from fear. |
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flooding:
present-
prevent
when sucessful |
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o Present fear arousing stimulus
o Prevent avoidance response
o When successful, “extinguishes” anxiety |
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| o Conditioning a new adaptive response in the presence of the feared stimulus |
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| desensitization therapy step 1 |
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• 1. Establish “fear hierarchy”
does just thinking about fog make you anxious? What about seeing a picture? |
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| desensitization therapy step 2 |
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| • 2. Train relaxation techniques |
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| desensitization therapy step 3 |
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| • 3. Move client thru hierarchy from least to most distressing stimulus, practicing relaxation at each step |
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