behaviourist theories for abnormalities
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- Created on: 17-05-16 14:01
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- behaviourist theories for abnormalities
- phobias
- classical conditioning
- learning through association
- case of little albert who was classically conditioned to fear white rabbits
- before conditioning loud noise =fear white rat no response
- during conditioning loud noise +white rat=fear
- after conditioning white rat = fear he even feared things associated with rat he feared santa claus and cotton wool
- OCD
- The behaviourist aspect of OCD is linked to the compulsions performed during OCD.
- psychologists consider performing a compulsion to be a learned behaviour that is reinforced by the consequence of performing them for example if a compulsive behaviour ends in a favourable outcome (washing hands reduces anxiety ) this is a positive reinforcement
- behaviours can have two reinforcement mechanisms working- negative placing clothes in precise order removal of anxiety or postive clothes arranged in desired order
- phobias
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