Explanations

Question 1

What does Watson and Rayner support?

Answer 1

Behavioural explanation of phobias.

Question 2

Support for behavioural explanation of phobias?

Answer 2

Watson and Rayner.

Question 3

Findings of Watson and Rayner?

Answer 3

When Little Albert was presented with rat after conditioning, he showed a phobic reaction, crying and rolling away.

Question 4

What does Grazioli and Terry support?

Answer 4

Cognitive explanation for depression.

Question 5

Support for the cognitive explanation of depression?

Answer 5

Grazioli and Terry.

Question 6

Describe Grazioli and Terry.

Answer 6

Assessed 65 pregnant women for cognitive vulnerabilities and depression before and after birth. Found that those with a higher cognitive vulnerability were more likely to suffer postnatal depression.

Question 7

What does Jarrett contradict?

Answer 7

Cognitive explanation for depression.

Question 8

Contradictory evidence for cognitive explanation of depression?

Answer 8

Jarrett.

Question 9

Describe Jarrett.

Answer 9

Investigated Cotard syndrome, in which sufferers of depression believe that they are zombies - not explained by Beck or Ellis.

Question 10

What does Nestadt et al. support?

Answer 10

Biological explanation for OCD.

Question 11

Support for biological explanation of OCD?

Answer 11

Nestadt et al.

Question 12

Describe Nestadt et al.

Answer 12

Found that if an MZ twin had OCD, there is a 68% chance that the co-twin would have OCD. This was only a 31% chance in DZ twins.

Question 13

What does Cromer et al. contradict?

Answer 13

Biological explanation of OCD.

Question 14

Contradictory evidence for biological explanation of OCD?

Answer 14

Cromer et al.

Question 15

Describe Cromer et al.

Answer 15

Found that over half of OCD patients in their sample had a traumatic event in their past, and that OCD was more severe in those with trauma.