intense fear of social situations or social interactions
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what is the behaviourist theory?
all behaviour is learnt through the environment
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what is operant conditioning?
learning through consequences
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what is positive reinforcement?
gaining something to encourage behavior
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what is positive punishment?
gaining something to discourage behaviour
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what s negavtive reinforcement?
taking something away to encourage behaviour e.g taking away free time
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what is negative punishment?
taking something to discourage behaviour e.g phone taken away
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how does operant conditioning explains how phobia continue
once the person avoids the fearful object they willl have a postive outcome therefore giving them postive reinforcement to avoid being scared of the phobia or object
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Litlle albert study?
was to find out if it was possible to teach a young child to be frightened of something he had not been previously frightened off. They usd classical conditoning
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procedure of little albert?
albert was nine months old when he was first tested to see what he was frightened off
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how many sessions did they use?
3
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what did they use?
white rat,rabbits,dogs,monkeys,people with masks, people with and without hair,fur coats,cotton wool and burning paper
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when was he scared?
when the loud bang was introduced he associtate the bang with the objects and therefore became frightened
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results?
albert was conditioned to be afraid of something he was not initially afraid of
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evalution points?
x - low ecological validity
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what is a social phobia?
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intense fear of social situations or social interactions
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