AQA Psychology- Unit 4

1. What did Bandura and Rosenthal find?

Conditioning Little Albert to fear white rats when associated with a loud noice, supporting classical conditioning
Failed to condition infants to fear a wooden block when associated with a loud bell, supporting biological preparedness
Observer watched a model apparently experience pain each time a buzzer sounded and later showed emotional distress towards buzzer, supporting the social learning theory
Studied Little Hans are proposed that his phobia towards horses was due to unresolved unconscious issues between his unconscious

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Emotional (irrational thoughts), cognitive (sweating), Physical (running away), behavioural (panic)
Emotional (panic), cognitive (irrational thoughts), Physical (sweating), behavioural (running away)
Emotional (irrational thoughts), cognitive (panic), Physical (sweating), behavioural (running away)

Pictures of feared objects were masked, yet phobic patients showed greastest ANS arousal compared to neutral objexts, supporting prepotency
Twin studies, MZ twins 5x more likely than DZ twins to both have an anxiety disorder
Monkeys developed a fear towards a snake if they saw another monkey show a fear response but didn't show the same response to a flower, supporting the evolutionary explanations
64% of blood phobics had at least 1 relative with the same disorder

64% of blood phobics had at least 1 relative with the same disorder
Monkeys developed a fear towards a snake if they saw another monkey show a fear response but didn't show the same response to a flower, supporting the evolutionary explanations
Pictures of feared objects were masked, yet phobic patients showed greastest ANS arousal compared to neutral objexts, supporting prepotency
Twin studies, MZ twins 5x more likely than DZ twins to both have an anxiety disorder