Case 2: Case of Jackie
Jackie is self-referred. When she was 3 years of age she was bitten by her neighbor’s dog. Now, 23 years old she still has a fear of dogs. Her anxiety levels remain the same when she is around a dog from 20 years ago. Jackie’s anxiety can be defined as:
Rapid Heart Beat
Feeling of Sickness
Jackie is seeking help because she is due to marry a “dog” trainer and wants to get over her fear phobia so that she can live a happy life with her husband and be comfortable with her soon to be husbands dog training profession.
Both classical and operant conditioning could account for Jackie developing this phobia Pick one and use it to explain why Jackie has remained fearful of dogs.
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Jackie’s response is a learned fear and it was a negative reinforcement. Negative reinforcement is:
• The occurrence of a behavior
• Is followed by the removal of a stimulus (an aversive stimulus) or a decrease in the intensity of a stimulus,
• Which results in the strengthening of the behavior (Miltenberger, 2015)
She has carried this fear with her for the past 20 years because she learned from experience being bitten by dog was a punishment therefore it caused her to avoid dogs because she wouldn’t get hurt or experience the anxiety that came along with it.
What kind of behavior modification program can be designed for Jackie so that she does not experience fear when seeing dogs.
A fear is composed of both operant and respondent behavior. Typically, a person is afraid of a particular stimulus or stimulus situation. When the stimulus is present, the person experiences unpleasant bodily responses (autonomic nervous system arousal) and engages in escape or avoidance behavior (Miltenberger,
Jackie is self-referred. When she was 3 years of age she was bitten by her neighbor’s dog. Now, 23 years old she still has a fear of dogs. Her anxiety levels remain the same when she is around a dog from 20 years ago. Jackie’s anxiety can be defined as:
Rapid Heart Beat
Feeling of Sickness
Jackie is seeking help because she is due to marry a “dog” trainer and wants to get over her fear phobia so that she can live a happy life with her husband and be comfortable with her soon to be husbands dog training profession.
Both classical and operant conditioning could account for Jackie developing this phobia Pick one and use it to explain why Jackie has remained fearful of dogs.
Respondent conditioning in which Ivan Pavlov described as certain types of stimuli typically elicit specific types of bodily …show more content…
Jackie’s response is a learned fear and it was a negative reinforcement. Negative reinforcement is:
• The occurrence of a behavior
• Is followed by the removal of a stimulus (an aversive stimulus) or a decrease in the intensity of a stimulus,
• Which results in the strengthening of the behavior (Miltenberger, 2015)
She has carried this fear with her for the past 20 years because she learned from experience being bitten by dog was a punishment therefore it caused her to avoid dogs because she wouldn’t get hurt or experience the anxiety that came along with it.
What kind of behavior modification program can be designed for Jackie so that she does not experience fear when seeing dogs.
A fear is composed of both operant and respondent behavior. Typically, a person is afraid of a particular stimulus or stimulus situation. When the stimulus is present, the person experiences unpleasant bodily responses (autonomic nervous system arousal) and engages in escape or avoidance behavior (Miltenberger,