Learning Explanation of Phobias

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Learning Explanation of Phobias STRENGTH- Mineka and Zinbarg (2006)
Described a case study of a boy who developed a vomiting phobia after witnessing his grandfather vomit while dying.
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Learning Explanation of Phobias STRENGTH- Dollinger, O'Donnell and Staley (1984)
Compared survivors of a lightening strike with controls and found the former group to have a greater fear of thunder + lightening.
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Learning Explanation of Phobias WEAKNESS- Kleiknecht (1982)
Studied a group of people in the American Tarantula Society and found that those who had arachnophobia didn't have their fear arise due to classical conditioning.
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Learning Explanation of Phobias WEAKNESS of other explanations
Maybe phobias don't appear like Learning Theories suggest, but instead arise because we were evolved to fear them (snakes, heights, spiders) which would've been a threat to our ancestors but not us.
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Compared survivors of a lightening strike with controls and found the former group to have a greater fear of thunder + lightening.

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Learning Explanation of Phobias STRENGTH- Dollinger, O'Donnell and Staley (1984)

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Studied a group of people in the American Tarantula Society and found that those who had arachnophobia didn't have their fear arise due to classical conditioning.

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Maybe phobias don't appear like Learning Theories suggest, but instead arise because we were evolved to fear them (snakes, heights, spiders) which would've been a threat to our ancestors but not us.

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