Atypical Behaviour Flashcards
Atypical behaviour. Defined
A behaviour which is considered abnormal and is applied the the majority
Key concepts
What’s typical behaviour
A behaviour which is normal and it usually applies to the majority
What’s phobia ?
An atypical fear response given the objects or situation
Agoraphobia
An extreme fear of public places and not being in the safety of the home
What is school phobia
An extreme fear of attending or being at school
Social phobia
An extreme fear of being exposed ore bases during social contact
Acrophobia
Am extreme fear of heights
Arachnophobia
An extreme fear of spiders
Symptoms of phobias
Heart pounding Sweating Sickness Dizziness Hard to concentrate Loss of control
What is the core theory based on, who’s doggy theory?.
Pavlov s dogs and classical conditioning
What is an unconditional response?
UCR
A response which is natural and does not need to be learnt
Unconditioned stimilus
Something that triggers a natural response
UCS
Neutral stimulus
NS
Something that would not normally trigger a reaction
Conditioned stimilus
CS
Something that triggers a learnt response that we have conditioned
Conditioned response
CR
A response that has been learnt through conditioning through association
What happens to conditioned responses over time?
They get extinguished and the association dies out
How are phobias started?
Through classical conditioning and the result of a negative experience
What is operant condoning
Learning my consequences if the consequence of an action is rewarding we do it again. If the consequence is negative we don’t do it again
Criticisms of the core theory
It ignores the thinking behind behaviour
Phobias can be learnt indirectly
Can’t explain some phobias
Core study Watson and raynern
Aim
To see if phobias can be learnt through classical conditioning
Core study procedure
Little Albert at 9months was tested for reactions to stimulus rat rabbit monkey fire and masks they were neutral
Hammer on bar was feared
11 mths conditioned to fear a rat by giving to to him then scaring Him with a bar
It was repeated
Watson and rayner results
The rat was enough to scare Albert and he tried to avoid it
He also now feared rabbit Santa mask cotton and watsons hair
Criticisms of Watson and rayner
Artificial ecological validity
Small sample
Highly unethical
What is flooding?
An application and you flood yourself with your fear
What is systematic desetisation
A more ethical form of behaviour therapy
Clients form new associations
