Evaluate CC

• AO1

  individuals learn through association, pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus leading to an unconditioned response
• AO3

  can be considered reductionist as it ignores other factors for learning such as motivation
• AO1

  high order condition is pairing a conditioned stimulus with a neutral stimulus which leads to a conditioned response
• AO3


  supporting study (Pavlov) - when a vanilla odour was paired with a metronome, the dogs later started salivating when they smelt the vanilla odour
• AO1

  generalisation is extended the original association to include similar stimuli
• AO3

  supporting study (Little Albert) - gained a fear of things that resembled a white rat eg cotton wool
• AO1

  CC causes phobia through association eg if you only watch horror movies in the dark, you associate horror with the dark and then become scared of the dark on its own
• AO3

  supporting study (Little Albert) - became scared of the white rat because he associated it with the loud noise of the metal rod being struck