Flashcards
Applying conditioning procedures to changing unwanted behaviour
Cards in this deck (4)
- 1Applying conditioning procedures to changing unwanted behaviourClassical conditioning
In some situations therapists attempt to create associations between an undesirable behaviour (e.g. nail biting) and an unpleasant stimulus (e.g. a bitter taste), in order to reduce that behaviour. This is known as aversion therapy. - 2Aversion therapy Patients are given a drug which causes them to vomit if they drink alcohol. It is important that they do then drink alcohol, the aim is being that they learn to associate alcohol (CS) with sickness (CR), and so are less inclined to drink in the future.Evaluation
It is highly unpleasant for patients so there are ethical issues with causing distress. There are also concerns that the affects are often short lived. Patients may change their behaviour in the short term but are likely to go back to their addictive behaviours once it stops. - 3Operant conditioning Psychologists sometimes use positive reinforcement (rewards) to encourage people to develop desirable behaviour. This is known as token economy.Token economy
Its normally used in psychiatric hospitals or prisons to reward socially acceptable behaviour in people who may have stopped looking after themselves properly. Tokens are given to people immediately, when they are seen to being doing something desirable. - 4These tokens can then be exchanged for rewards like watching a film or going swimming.Evaluation
Its very effective in producing desired behaviour. However these changes usually do not last once the individual is no longer getting the tokens or rewards. People show less of the desired behaviour after being in token economy programme.
Information
- Description
- GCSE Psychology (Learning) Flashcards on Applying conditioning procedures to changing unwanted behaviour, created by jennojasso on 04/04/2015.
- Created by
- jennojasso · Apr 2015
- Updated
- Feb 19, 2016
- Views
- 0
- Rating