Continuous presenting of fear-evoking stimuli without actual harm to extinguish fear responses

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740082271 learning 1. according to behaviorists, a relatively permanent change in behavior that results in experience 2. according to cognitive theorists the process by which organisms make relatively permanent changes in the way they represent the environment because of experience 0
740082272 classical conditioning a simple form of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to evoke the response usually evoked by being paired repeatedly with other stimulus. 1
740082274 stimulus an environmental condition that elicits a response 2
740082276 unconditioned stimulus a stimulus that conditions an unconditioned response 3
740082278 Unconditioned Response (UCR) a natural, usually unvarying response elicited by a stimulus with out learning or conditioning. 4
742846524 Conditioned Response a response that becomes associated with a previously unrelated stimulus as a result of pairing the stimulus with another stimulus that ordinarily elicits the response 5
742846525 Conditioned stimulus a previously neutral stimulus that after repeated associated that after repeated associated with an unconditioned stimulus elicits the response elicited by the unconditioned 6
742846526 Orienting Reflex an unlearned response in which an organism attends to a stimulus. 7
742846527 Extinction an experimental procedure in which stimuli lose their ability to evoke learned responses because the events that had followed the stimuli no longer occurred 8
742846528 spontaneous recovery the recurrence of an extinguished response as a function of the passage of time. 9
742846529 generalization in conditioning, the tendency for a conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response, 10
742846530 discrimination in conditioning the tendency for an organism to distinguish between a conditioned stimuli that do not forecast an unconditioned stimulus 11
742846531 higher-order conditioning a fear reduction technique in which pleasant stimuli are associated with fear evoking stimuli to lose their aversive qualities 12
742846532 counterconditioning a fear reduction technique in which pleasant stimuli are associated with aversive stimuli so that the fear evoking stimuli lose their aversive qualities 13
742846533 flooding the behavioral fear-reduction technique based on principles of classical conditioning ; fear evoking stimuli (CS) are presented continuously in the absence of actual harm so that fear responses (CR) are are extinguished. 14
742846534 systematic desensitization a behavioral fear reduction technique in which a heirarchy of fear evoking stimuli is presented while the other person remains relaxed 15
742846535 reinforce to follow a response with a stimulus that increases the frequency of the response 16
742846536 operant behavior voluntary responses that are reinforced 17
742846537 operant conditioning a simple form of learning in which an organism learns to engage in behavior because it is reinforced. 18
742846538 positive reinforcer a reinforcer that when presented increases the frequency of the operant 19
742846539 negative reinforcer a reinforcer that when removed increases the frequency of the operant 20
742846540 primary reinforcer an unlearned reinforcer 21
742846541 secondary reinforcer a stimulus that gains reinforcement value through association with established reinforcers 22
742846542 conditioned reinforcer another term for secondary reinforcer 23
742846543 reward a pleasant stimulus that increases the frequency of the behavior follows 24
742846544 punishment an unpleasant stimulus that suppresses the behavior it follows 25
742846545 discriminative stimulus in operant conditioning, a stimulus that indicates that reinforcement is available 26
742846546 continuous reinforcement a schedule of reinforcement in which every correct response is reinforced 27
742846547 partial reinforcement one of several reinforcement schedules in which every correct response is not reinforced 28
742846548 fixed interval schedule a schedule in which a fixed amount of time must elapse between previous and subsequent times reinforcement is available 29
742846549 variable- interval schedule a schedule in which variable amounts of time must elapse between the previous and subsequent times reinforcement is available 30
742846550 fixed-ratio schedule a schedule in which reinforcement is provided after a fixed number of correct responses 31
742846551 variable-ratio schedule a schedule in which reinforcement is provided after a variable number of responses. 32
742846552 shaping a procedure for teaching complex behaviors that at first reinforces approximations of the target behaviors 33
742846553 successive proximations bahaviors that are progressively closer to a target behavior 34
742846554 latent hidden or concealed 35
742846555 contingency theory the view that learning occurs when stimuli provide information about the likelihood of the occurrence of stimuli 36
742846556 observational learning the acquisition of knowledge and skill through the observation of others (models) rather than direct experience 37
742846557 model an organism that engages in a response that is imitated by another organism. 38

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What is a behavior therapy method in which fear

A behavioral fear-reduction technique based on principles of classical conditioning; fear-evoking stimuli (CSs) are presented continuously in the absence of actual harm so that fear responses (CRs) are extinguished.

What is a behavioral fear reduction technique in which a hierarchy of fear

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systematic desensitization
a behavioural fearreduction technique in which a hierarchy of fear-evoking stimuli is presented while the person remains relaxed, 108
unconditioned response (UCR)
an unlearned response to an unconditioned stimulus, 104
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Is the process by which stimuli lose their ability to evoke learned responses because the events that had followed the stimuli no longer occur?

Extinction is the process by which conditioned stimuli lose the ability to elicit conditioned responses because the conditioned stimuli are no longer associated with the unconditioned stimuli. Extinction helps organisms adapt the environmental changes.

What is exposing a person to a harmless stimulus until fear is extinguished?

In flooding, a person is exposed to the harmless stimulus until fear responses to that stimulus are extinguished. With systematic desensitization, people learn relaxation techniques and then, while they are relaxed, they are gradually exposed to the stimulus they fear.