Two process model

• Explains how operant and classical conditioning produce and maintain phobias
• 1. People develop phobias through CC
  2. Once phobia developed it is maintained through OC. This prevents anxiety through negative reinforcement
• Strengths

  • Barlow and Durand showed individuals with fear of driving, 50% had been involved in a road accident. Through CC the driving was a fear
• Strengths

  Behavioural therapies are effective at treating phobias by getting the person to change their response to the stimulus
• Weaknesses:

  Davey found 7% spider phobics recalled having a traumatic experience with a spider

  This suggests there could be other explanations to phobias