4.3: Explaining phobias

Question 1

Seumas was walking home after a night out in town when a man suddenly grabbed him and swung a punch at him. Ever since then, Seumas has been scared of the dark and cannot get to sleep unless the light is on. He now refuses to go out at night time and prefers to stay at home.

Use classical conditioning to explain how Seumas has developed a phobia of the dark (3 marks)

Answer 1

Classical conditioning explains how phobias are acquired by a natural response that causes fear to become associated with a neutral stimulus

Question 2

Seumas was walking home after a night out in town when a man suddenly grabbed him and swung a punch at him. Ever since then, Seumas has been scared of the dark and cannot get to sleep unless the light is on. He now refuses to go out at night time and prefers to stay at home.

Use classical conditioning to explain how Seumas has developed a phobia of the dark (3 marks).
Classical conditioning explains how phobias are acquired by a natural response that causes fear to become associated with a neutral stimulus, so that what?

Answer 2

Classical conditioning explains how phobias are acquired by a natural response that causes fear to become associated with a neutral stimulus, so that the neutral stimulus by itself causes a fear response

Question 3

Seumas was walking home after a night out in town when a man suddenly grabbed him and swung a punch at him. Ever since then, Seumas has been scared of the dark and cannot get to sleep unless the light is on. He now refuses to go out at night time and prefers to stay at home.

Use classical conditioning to explain how Seumas has developed a phobia of the dark (3 marks).
Classical conditioning explains how phobias are acquired by a natural response that causes fear to become associated with a neutral stimulus, so that the neutral stimulus by itself causes a fear response.
For Seumas, what?

Answer 3

For Seumas, the man grabbing him and swinging a punch at him caused a fear response that became associated with the neutral stimulus of the dark

Question 4

Seumas was walking home after a night out in town when a man suddenly grabbed him and swung a punch at him. Ever since then, Seumas has been scared of the dark and cannot get to sleep unless the light is on. He now refuses to go out at night time and prefers to stay at home.

Use classical conditioning to explain how Seumas has developed a phobia of the dark (3 marks).
Classical conditioning explains how phobias are acquired by a natural response that causes fear to become associated with a neutral stimulus, so that the neutral stimulus by itself causes a fear response.
For Seumas, the man grabbing him and swinging a punch at him caused a fear response that became associated with the neutral stimulus of the dark, so that he now what?

Answer 4

For Seumas, the man grabbing him and swinging a punch at him caused a fear response that became associated with the neutral stimulus of the dark, so that he now has a fear of the dark and cannot sleep unless the light is on