An excessive and intense fear which is paired with an aversive stimulus
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What is the Preparedness Theory?
Prepared us to acquire fears that have high survival value - however, not all phobias involve evolutionary prepared stimuli
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What is the treatment for phobias?
Systematic desensitisation
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What is the treatment for addiction and can you explain what it is?
Aversion therapy - idea to condition an association between some inappropriate behaviour and a noxious outcome
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Explain latent (hidden) learning with a study
Tolman (1930): unreinforced rats were learning all the time, however their learning was latent - only when a goal (reinforcement) was introduced the learning transformed in performance, thus reinforcement was not necessary for learning but performanc
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What is the Preparedness Theory?
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Prepared us to acquire fears that have high survival value - however, not all phobias involve evolutionary prepared stimuli
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What is the treatment for phobias?
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What is the treatment for addiction and can you explain what it is?
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