Phobias and Addictions Through Conditioning Kristie Daniel PSY/300 April 4‚ 2011 Gerry Ann Juchniewicz Phobias and Addictions Through Conditioning Conditioning can be used to develop or eliminate emotional difficulties in subjects. There are two types of conditioning that can and have been distinguished between. These two types are classified as operant and classical. Phobias can and have been purposely developed by using classical conditioning in subjects using fear tactics. Addictions can
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Phobias and Addictions Billie Jo Allen PSY/300 December 05‚ 2012 How do people develop a phobia or an addiction? This is a question that many people ask‚ even people who are facing these problems personally. Phobias and addictions are behaviors learned through conditioning. They are not something that a person is just born with‚ it is taught. There are two types of conditioning that is linked to these two common problems; classic conditioning
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Phobias and Addictions PSY/300 Bonnie Johnson 09/22/2014 Phobias and Addictions Phobias and addictions are two emotional difficulties that people throughout the world suffer from. Herein we will explore these emotional difficulties as they relate to classical and operant conditioning. More precisely‚ how phobias can be developed through classical conditioning and how addictions can be developed through operant conditioning. Moreover‚ this paper
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Phobias and Addictions PSY 300 August 11‚ 2013 Dr. Hawkins Phobias and Addictions Learning is an unwavering change in an individual because of an experience or set of experiences (Ricker‚ 2013). Learning can be achieved in a variety of approaches‚ classical‚ and operant conditioning as well as positive reinforcement. The classical and operant conditioning methods were derived by B. F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov. Kowalski and Westen (2011) noted‚ “Classical conditioning as learning in which
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related to Phobias and Addictions Many people who suffer from phobias also suffer from addictions. This is largely due in part to the reluctance to seek professional treatment for the phobia. People turn to other means to cope with their phobias which in turn leads to addictions. Dependence is such an issue with addiction that stopping is very difficult and causes severe physical and mental reactions. Therapist use a technique called extinction to treat patients with phobias and addictions. A Phobia
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Phobias and Addictions Mary E. Aikens Psy 300 September 26‚ 2010 Richard Alpert Phobias and Addictions Classical and Operant conditioning are ways in which a person learns. Classical conditioning is a learned response and operant conditioning is a response through the environment. Phobias can develop through learning. Classical conditioning can teach a person to fear‚ such as a small child can learn to fear needles because of immunization injections received in a doctor’s office or clinic
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Phobias are the most prominent mental illnesses found among children and adolescents‚ and often continue into adulthood. Five to twelve percent of Americans will experience a phobia in their lifetime‚ and most cases go untreated. While they are treatable‚ Phobias are considerably the most difficult form of anxiety to cure. The presence of a phobia induces intense fear‚ and leads to prolonged anxiety. They are typically more prominent among children‚ and commonly appear in the form of a "specific
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Known as a mental disorder a phobia is a persistent fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that leads to compelling desire to avoid it. Phobias tend to affect the way people live their lives‚ for example‚ their working and social environments‚ considering that they last for a very long time and are capable to cause intense psychological physical stress. It is considered today the most common mental and anxiety disorder in the United States (Matig Mavissakalian & David H. Barlow 1981 pp
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Explaining Phobias Within this paper Sally a 23 year old woman with a dog phobia will be discussed. Also‚ how operant and classical conditioning as well as observational learning are a factor in developing Sally’s phobia will be covered. Additionally‚ how extinction and tenets of cognitive theory can help Sally overcome her dog phobia will be explained. A phobia is an abnormal‚ vigorous‚ unreasonable persistent dread or terror that causes anxiety. “Approximately 40 million American adults ages
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A phobia is an irrational fear‚ a kind of anxiety disorder in which the sufferer has a relentless dread of a situation‚ living creature‚ place or thing. People with a phobia go to great lengths to avoid a perceived danger which is much greater in their minds than in real life. If confronted with the source of their phobia‚ the person will suffer enormous distress‚ which can interfere with their normal function; it can sometimes lead to total panic. For some people‚ even thinking about their phobia
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