Category Nursing Essays

Applying Counter-Conditioning to Humans

Systematic Desensitization involves gradually exposing a pet to the situation, without provoking the unwanted reaction. Through this process, we reduce the strength of a response (i.e. fear) to a certain stimulus. For example, my dog fears big dogs. By desensitizing…

Conditioning related question

Counter conditioning is based on the principles of classical conditioning. It attempts to replace undesirable emotional responses to a stimulus (i.e. fear of bugs) with more pleasant, adaptive ones. For example, do you remember Watson’s experiment with Little Albert –…