AP PSYCHOLOGY

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LEARNING

OPERANT CONDITIONING

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When using Classical Conditioning to help patients overcome their phobias, Psychologists can use a variety of methods. When a person is exposed to a harmless stimulus until fear responses to that stimulus are extinguished is known as:
A
Flooding
B
Systematic Desensitization
C
Counterconditioning
D
Retroactive Rehearsal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Classical conditioning in therapies Exposure therapies are often used for anxiety disorders and phobias. The person is exposed to what they fear. Over time they’re conditioned to no longer fear it. Aversion therapy aims to stop a harmful behavior by replacing a positive response with a negative response.

Detailed explanation-2: -The process of classical conditioning can explain how we acquire phobias. For example, we learn to associate something we do not fear, such as a dog (neutral stimulus), with something that triggers a fear response, such as being bitten (unconditioned stimulus).

Detailed explanation-3: -Counterconditioning is a conditioning method in which people with fears are exposed to harmless stimuli until fear responses are extinguished. 12. In spontaneous recovery, organisms display responses to stimuli that had been extinguished earlier.

Detailed explanation-4: -The learning of phobias is a very good example of what specific type of classical conditioning? Conditioned Emotional Response (CER).

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