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Behavioral Therapy for Phobias
I.
Mary Cover Jones
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Developed counter (CLASSICAL) conditioning to
reduce people’s phobias
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Phobias are irrational fears of a neutral
stimulus
II.
Systematic Desensitization (Graduated Exposure Therapy)
People
are gradually taught to replace feelings of anxiety with relaxationAnxiety
Hierarchy- least to mostIn
vivo desensitization- confronts the actual feared objectCovert
Desensitization- imagines the fear inducing stimuli
III.
Flooding
People
confront the most frightening scenario firstAnxiety
Hierarchy- Most to leaseIn
vivo flooding- confronts to actual feared objectCovert
Flooding- imagines the fear inducing stimuli