Behavourial Approach To Explaining And Treating Phobias Flashcards

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How do behaviourists explain the acquisition of Phobic fears?

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Classical conditioning
- the conditioned/phobic stimulus is associated with a painful/aversive unconditioned stimulus creating the conditioned response of fear e.g associating a dog with being attacked by one

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