Behavioural Approach To Phobias Flashcards

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Mowler

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

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Classical conditioning

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

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study against Classical conditioning

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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.

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Operant conditioning

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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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Evaluation of behavioural approach to phobias

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

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

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What is the two process model

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Classical and operant conditioning to explain phobias

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