support for two process model

Cards (7)

  • barlow and durand study
  • 50% of participants could recall a traumatic event which had caused their driving phobia
  • out of participants who recall the events have not driven since
  • supports the idea that phobias are acquired through classical conditioning
  • association of feared stimulus with traumatic event
  • phobias maintained through operant conditioning
  • avoidance of stimulus negatively reinforced