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cklewis · 09-28-2006, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieKitten

blah, he even has his behaviorism wrong. counter-conditioning fear is not done using negative punishment (removing a reinforcer - attention). i just read the fear of bees thingy and his final steps are totally loopy. no sane behaviorist would even suggest it. Just in case anyone was wondering, here is a blurb on how you ACTUALLY counter-condition fear

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Pairing stimuli that evoke one response with an opposite response, so that the stimulus now evokes the new response. Counter conditioning is typically used to eliminate phobias. Thus, a child might be given a food treat while the feared object is gradually moved closer and closer to the child. At the first sign of fear, the object is be removed. The procedure is be repeated until the child no longer shows a fear response. The child then associates pleasure with the stimulus that previously evoked fear.

Just had to jump in and point that out. If you're going to use a psychological technique, at least do it right, Pearl.

Interesting. . . . So since I'm afraid of roller coasters, I could counter-condition this fear by eating cheesecake while on one?

I wanna try that! :applecrisp

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