1. ‘Describe and evaluate behavioural explanations of phobias’ (10 marks)
Learning Objectives
To understand behavioural explanations of phobias
To evaluate behavioural explanations of phobias
What points can you add to this essay so far?
‘Describe and evaluate behavioural explanations of phobias’ (10 marks)

2. Progress Measure
‘Describe and evaluate behavioural explanations of phobias’ (10 marks)
A01s?
A02s?

3. Starter: Little AlbertNS
AFTER
BEFORE
DURING
UCS
UCR CR CS
Use the info on the screen to summarise in your notes how Little Albert was classically conditioned to fear the white rat

4. Progress Measure
‘Describe and evaluate behavioural explanations of phobias’ (10 marks)
A01s?
A02s?

5. Introduction: Moving forward our understanding through reflection
Generally someone is not stood behind you with a metal bar waiting to startle you! How can the concepts of classical conditioning be linked to the development of a phobia to spiders for example?
Mowrer (1947) proposes a ‘two process theory’ whereby the learned phobia is maintained by operant conditioning – how might this occur?
THINK, PAIR, SHARE

6. Progress Measure
‘Describe and evaluate behavioural explanations of phobias’ (10 marks)
A01s?
A02s?

7. Main activity: carousel and evaluation structuring
You have several evaluation points at the bottom of your work-sheets
You will have FOUR MINUTES per station to fill in the missing information and ‘top and tail’ each piece of evidence with POINT and EXPLAIN
For example…..

8. How else might I explain??
P-E-E
How else might I explain??
Evidence given: there is lots of empirical support
POINT: A positive of the behaviourist explanation of phobias is
EVIDENCE (as above)
EXPLAIN: this means that the area gains support from a wide range of scientific studies and this increases its plausibility

9. Main reflection: sharing our learning

10. Empirical Evidence
This is the evidence, you need to add the POINT and the EXPLANATION
There is empirical evidence to support the theory that fears can be acquired by a conditioning process e.g. Little Albert and research in animals
However, just because it can be demonstrated that some fears are acquired in this way doesn’t mean all fears are acquired in the same way

11. Fear of Dogs
This is the evidence, you need to add the POINT and the EXPLANATION
Di Nardo (1988) found that over 60% of people with a fear of dogs could relate their phobia to a frightening incident with a dog,
This offers some support for conditioning theory, however this does not account for those who could not recall such an incident
A similar number in a control group (without a fear of dogs) reported a painful experience with a dog but did not develop a fear

12. Gradual fears
This is the evidence, you need to add the POINT and the EXPLANATION
Fears that develop gradually e.g. social phobias and cannot be traced back to a specific incident cannot be readily explained by behaviourists

13. No direct contact
This is the evidence, you need to add the POINT and the EXPLANATION
Fears sometimes occur when there has been no direct contact with the fear stimulus

14. Research in children
This is the evidence, you need to add the POINT and the EXPLANATION
Little Albert has shown that fear can be induced in children by the numbers are small and findings inconsistent, attempts to replicate Watson and Rayner’s study have been unsuccessful

15. Plenary placemats Reviewing our learning….
HOMEWORK = revision for your mock examinations 12th / 13th March only ONE WEEK AWAY. I will be examining evidence of revision on THURSDAY 8th MARCH – just reading it is not revision – detailed mind maps, examination questions, condensing of notes, index cards