Flooding therapy is a “behavioral
treatment that involves prolonged exposure to a feared stimulus, thereby
providing maximal opportunity for the conditioned fear response to be
extinguished" (Powell, 2013). This therapy is very helpful because the feared stimulus will eventually
not be feared anymore. For example, one of my very close friends was afraid of spiders.
She wanted to get over this fear so she first viewed pictures of spiders, saw
spiders outside, and then eventually was able to hold a spider. This process
took a while but she was able to get over her fear.
Powell, R. A., Honey, P. L., & Symbaluk, D. G. (2013). Introduction to learning and behavior. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
Powell, R. A., Honey, P. L., & Symbaluk, D. G. (2013). Introduction to learning and behavior. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
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