Behavioural Approach To Phobias

Question 1

Mowler

Answer 1

People develop phobias through classical conditions and maintain it through operant conditioning.

Question 2

Classical conditioning

Answer 2

Learning by association
Eg little Albert study
- this suggests a traumatic experience with phobic object crates the phobia

Question 3

study against Classical conditioning

Answer 3

Di Nardo
- over half of people who’ve been bitten by a dog did not develop a phobia
-suggets to have this year is a biological process.

Question 4

Operant conditioning

Answer 4

positively and negatively reinforcing a behaviour increases chance of behaviour being repeated
-when you avoid phobic object it gives you a rewarding feeling of relief so they continue to avoid it. (negative reinforcement)
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Question 5

Evaluation of behavioural approach to phobias

Answer 5

✔️- helped develop treatments (flooding and SD)
-has face validity

✖️-ignored cognitive and biological explanations for phobias no nature
❌-di nardo

Question 6

What is the two process model

Answer 6

Classical and operant conditioning to explain phobias