Evaluate their response and identify one strength and one weakness of their behavior modification strategy.  What advice would you give your classmate to improve their strategy? Discuss one aspect you could alter to enhance your own strategy. 

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Imagine you have completed the certification process and you are now a
practicing therapist who specializes in behavior modification.  A new client
calls you to make an appointment and discloses that she has a severe phobia of
dogs.  She has been terrified of them since childhood.  Her fiancé has a dog and
will not part with it, which requires her to get treatment before they are
married.  Take one of the following approaches to develop a strategy for her
behavior change:

Option A: Utilize classical
conditioning techniques to develop a strategy for changing the behavior of the
client. Be specific in identifying the unconditioned stimulus, the unconditioned
response, the conditioned stimulus, and the conditioned response. Your response
should also indicate the most likely cause of this disorder from a behaviorist
perspective. Your initial post should be a minimum of 250 words and utilize one
peer-reviewed source which was published within the last five years, cited
according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.  Indicate
in your post which option you are responding to.

Option
B: Utilize operant conditioning techniques to develop a strategy for
changing the behavior of the client. Be specific in identifying the
reinforcement for the unwanted behavior and the method(s) of reinforcement you
will use. Your response should also indicate the most likely cause of this
disorder from a behaviorist perspective. Your initial post should be a minimum
of 250 words and utilize one peer-reviewed source which was published within the
last five years, cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford
Writing Center.  Indicate in your post which option you are responding to.

Guided Response (for A and B):  Review several of
your classmates’ posts.  Respond substantively to two peers; one who selected
Option A, and one who selected Option B.  Evaluate their response and identify
one strength and one weakness of their behavior modification strategy.  What
advice would you give your classmate to improve their strategy? Discuss one
aspect you could alter to enhance your own strategy.

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