Two-process model Flashcards
What is the behavioural approach to phobias?
Behavioural characteristics of phobias are of primary importance
What is the two-process model?
An explanation of the onset and persistence of disorders that create anxiety, such as phobias
What are the two types of conditioning in the two-process model?
Classical and operant
What is classical conditioning?
The onset of the phobia
What is operant conditioning?
The persistence of the phobia
How is negative reinforcement relevant to phobias?
Fear and anxiety in the presence of phobic stimulus is unpleasant, avoiding it reduces fear and anxiety causing a pleasant outcome, reinforcing the behaviour so it is more likely to be repeated and you keep avoiding the phobic stimulus
What is a strentgh of the two-proces model?
It has practical applications
How does the two-process model have practical applications?
It can be used outside of experiments and therapy which explains real life behaviour
What do therapies rely on?
Negative reinforcement
What must a patient be exposed to for therapy to work?
Their phobia to prevent avoidance
What is research support for the two-process model and phobias
Ad De Jongh investigating the link between a dental phobia and a traumatic incident
What were Ad De Jongh’s findings?
73% of those with a phobia had a traumatic event involving dentistry compared to a control group of people with low anxiety with only 21% had traumatic experience
