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How is systematic desensitization different from aversive therapy?
===Nam e: Jane Jung === Systematic desensitization is a type of a behavioral therapy based on classical conditioning. The aim of systematic desensitization is to get rid of fear response of phobia, and increase the relaxing response to the conditional stimulus. For an example, one who fear spiders would gain relaxing response to spiders if he was conditioned from least fearful to most fearful spiders. Aversive therapy, on the other hand, is to get rid of undesirable behavior pattern by conditioning a person to associate the behavior with an undesirable stimulus. An example of aversive therapy is by conditioning a nausea that follows the undesirable behavior.



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"Aversion Therapy | Psychology." //Encyclopedia Britannica//. 1 Jan. 2015. Web. 21 Apr. 2015. . McLeod, Saul. "Systematic Desensitization | Simply Psychology." //Systematic Desensitization | Simply Psychology//. 1 Jan. 2008. Web. 21 Apr. 2015. . Comment by Tayler Nash Great answer, Jane. Perhaps, you could have described the process of systematic desensitization and the three basic steps: 1. Identifying items that are causing anxiety and place them in a hierarchical order based on intensity. 2. Teach coping mechanisms to the patient so they can deal with the stress. 3. Then expose the patient the item causing them the least amount of anxiety, and gradually work your way up the hierarchy.

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