FLOODING

• NAME OF APPROACH?

  flooding
• WHAT IS THE GOAL OF FLOODING?

  quickly extinguish someone's phobia
• WHAT IS MEANT BY EXTINCTION?

  when the conditioned stimulus (feared item) eventually stops eliciting the conditioned response (fear)
• WHAT DOES IN VIVO MEAN?

  in real life
• WHAT DOES IN VITRO MEAN?

  in virtual reality/ outside the body
• WHAT DOES FLOODING INVOLVE?

  • immediately exposing phobic patients to feared stimulus
  • removes option of avoidance
  • conditioned stimulus eventually stops eliciting conditioned response as they become disconnected
  • anxiety levels increase, hit a point then decrease
• ACRONYM ON HOW TO EVALUATE TREATMENTS?

  ear up
• WHAT DOES THE E STAND FOR IN EAR UP?

  ethical
• WHAT DOES THE A STAND FOR IN EAR UP?

  application to society
• WHAT DOES THE R STAND FOR IN EAR UP?

  research support/ criticism
• WHAT DOES THE U STAND FOR IN EAR UP?

  universal
• WHAT DOES THE P STAND FOR IN EAR UP?

  practical
• HOW TO EVALUATE A TREATMENT?

  • ethical
  • application to society
  • research
  • universal
  • practical
• WHAT REAL WORLD APPLICATION DOES FLOODING HAVE?

  • practical (cost + time effective)
  • most will complete their treatment and overcome their fear (integrate better into society)
• WHAT RESEARCH SUPPORT IS THERE FOR FLOODING?

  Wolpe (1960)
• WHAT DID WOLPE DO?

  • force patient with phobia of cars into back of car
  • drove her around
  • she reached hysterical anxiety
  • but then anxiety began to decrease
  • phobia then disappeared
• WHY CAN WOLPE'S STUDY NOT BE GENERALISED?

  case study, individual differences not controlled
• WHAT NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS CAN OCCUR FROM FLOODING?

  • in virtual reality can cause nausea
  • if not carried out correctly phobia can become worse (weakens appropriateness of treatment)
• IS FLOODING APPROPRIATE FOR ALL PATIENTS?

  no
• IS WOLPE'S RESEARCH GENERALISABLE?

  no