Phobias

Phobias

1. SLT

   • How we learn and behave from what we learn from others.
     • Vicarious Reinforcement
       • learning through other positive consequences of other peoples actions rather than firs hand- more likely to0 copy if rewarded.
     • Modelling
       • imitating someone else's behaviour

2. Curing Phobias

   • Flooding
     • Based upon classical conditioning- involves confronting your fear directlyt. eg- if you fear spiders you would have to be close to them for a period of time to overcome the fear.
     • Problems with flooding
       • it is not considered ethical as some people don't want to have such treatment.
         • Dosnt always work.

3. Prepardness

   • the tendency to learn something quicker and better than somebody else.
   • More scared aniamls are more likely to live longer because the are afraid of damgers which may harm them.