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Psychology GCSE OCR Atypical behaviours
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- 1Typical behavioura behaviour which is considered normal, usually because it applies to the majority of people.
- 2Atypical behavioura behaviour which is considered abnormal, usually because it applies to a minority of people
- 3PhobiaAn atypical fear response, given the object or situation.
- 4AgrophobiaAn extreme fear of being in public spaces away from the safety of the home
- 5School phobiaan extreme fear of attending and being in school
- 6social phobiaan extreme fear of being exposed or embarrassed during social contact
- 7Acrophobiaan extreme fear of heights
- 8Arachnophobiaan extreme fear of spiders
- 9Behaviouristsa group of psychologists who believe that human behaviours are learnt rather than natural
- 10Classical conditioninglearning by association, so that certain stimuli are associated with certain responces
- 11unconditioned response (UCR)A response which is natural and does not need to be learnt
- 12unconditioned stimulus (UCS)Something that triggers a natural (unconditioned) responce
- 13Natural stimulus (NS)Something that would not normally trigger a reaction
- 14Conditioned stimulus (CS)Something that triggers a learnt response; something we have been conditioned to respond to
- 15Operant conditioninglearning by consequences. If the consequences of an action are rewarding e.g crying and then getting comforted, we'd learn to do it again. However, if the consequences are negative, we tend to not repeat the action.
- 16Evolutionary theorythe theory that animals have evolved over time and instinctively behave in ways that allow them to survive and reproduce.
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