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Mary Cover Jones | behaviorist; development of the desensitization technique. |
Little Albert | Watson experiment; made him fear rabbits by making loud noise when Albert saw it |
Little Peter | Mary Jones experiment; made him not fear rabbits by pairing rabbit with candy |
Carl Rogers | developed patient/client-based therapy; Humanism |
unconditional positive regard | therapist refrains from judging the client for any reason |
Genuineness | sincere; real; client-centered therapist needs to feel comfortable sharing his or her feelings with the client |
Empathetic Understanding | act as a sort of mirror, reflecting the client’s thoughts and feelings back to them |
B.F. Skinner | behaviorism; stated that behaviors are learned through either punishment or through reinforcement |
Operant conditioning | method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior |
Joseph Wolpe | Behaviorist psychologist; developed systematic desensitization |
Systematic desensitization | combines relaxation techniques with gradual exposure to help you slowly overcome a phobia. |