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Post by Chi Jung Wu on Sept 23, 2017 3:47:19 GMT
In order to eliminate excess drinking problem by using classical conditioning, we need to let the alcoholic associate drinking with nagative feelings or discomfort. UCS is alcohol, CS is some meds causing cramps and CR will be cramps after drinking. In this way, whenever the subject drink, alcohol doesn't bring pleasure but cramps. Eventually the subject will disconnect the drinking from pleasure and stop drinking.
Desensitization therapies use the same method to make people overcome phobia. For example, if someone panics whenever seeing snakes, we need to disassociate the anxiety or fear from the sight of snakes. Start with identifying items that bring different levels of anxiety and set the highest anxiety level coming from snakes. Then slowly expose the person to the items from lowest level to highest level of anxiety, while teach the person how to cope with it to get to relaxing status. Eventually, the person won't see the snakes as threat and learn how to be calm when seeing snakes.
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