Characteristics & Classical Conditioning

What characterises a phobia?

• Rational fear and calmness

• Irrational fear and excessive anxiety

• Joy and excitement

• Anger and frustration

Which of the following is a behavioural characteristic of phobias?

• Logical reasoning

• Emotional stability

• Avoidance behaviour

• Increased appetite

What is the fear like in someone with a phobia?

• Proportional to real danger

• Out of proportion to any real danger

• Less than the real danger

• Equal to the real danger

What are some behaviours a person with a phobia might exhibit in response to the phobic stimulus?

• Crying, screaming, or running away

• Laughing, smiling, or joking

• Sleeping, eating, or relaxing

• Singing, dancing, or painting

What is one of the main emotional characteristics of phobias?

• Scared

• Anxiety

• Fear

• All of the above

What do people with phobias experience despite knowing their fear is excessive?

• Unfounded irrational beliefs

• Complete calmness

• Rational understanding

• Logical reasoning

What are the two types of conditioning included in the behaviourist explanations?

• Classical and operant conditioning

• Positive and negative conditioning

• Emotional and rational conditioning

• Cognitive and behavioural conditioning

Classical conditioning is learning by....

• Association

• Maintenance

• Consequences

• Linking

Match the key terms ​

• A learnt response to the CS

• Unconditioned response

• Stimulus produces an automatic response

• Conditioned stimulus

• Stimulus that produces no response

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Learnt stimulus by associating UCS & NS

• Conditioned response

• Autonomic/naturally occuring response

• Neutral stimulus

The thing that the person is initially NOT scared of is called...

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Conditioned stimulus

• Neutral stimulus

• Unconditioned response