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Prolonged Exposure
6 cards·by Sasats
Premise of Emotional Processing Theory
The notion that fear is represented in memory as a cognitive structure that is a "program" for
escaping danger
Parts of Fear Structure
1) Representations of the feared stimuli (bear) 2) fear responses (heart rate) 3) Meaning
associated w stimuli (bears are dangerous)
When does a fear structure become pathological? (1 & 2)
1) Assns don't accurately represent world 2) phys. & avoid responses evoked by harmless stim
When does a fear structure become pathological (3 & 4)
3)excess trig responses interfere w adaptive behavior 4) harmless stim and response
elements are erroneously assoc. w threat meaning
According to EPT, the fear struc underlying PTSD is characterized by...
large # of stim elements =erroneously ass. w the meaning of danger & representations of phys
arousal & behav rx that are reflected in PTSD
Two broad sets of negative cognitions ass w meaning of self-incompetence
The world is entirely dangerous & I am completely incompetent to cope w it