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> Classical Conditioning > a neutral stimulus (flying) is associated with fear. The behaviour is conditioned if an individual displays a distressed response frequenlty when flying. Fear would be regarded as an unconditioned response. If someone was afraid of turbulence, the turbulence would become the conditioned stimulus ( what the person will respond to) and is associated with flying. Anxious behaviours occur when there is a conditioned response to flying.

> Operant Conditioning > Fear of flying can be induced if someone is repeatedly reinforcing the avoidance of it (the midly fearful situation). This may be seen as driving instead of flying for example.This will cause the fear to develop into a phobia, which is then maintained by operant conditioning (negative reinforcement). When the person is confronted by the phobic stimulus they tend to attempt to avoid said object and get anxious. This avoidance behaviour reduces this anxiety that is felt by the person with the phobia of flying and therefore it becomes negatively reinforced…

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Kirsty12344

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thanks a lot!!