Phobias And Addiction

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Submitted by bprettyone on November 19, 2011

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Phobias And Addiction

Phobias and Addictions

Phobias and addictions as related to classical and operant conditioning are two emotional difficulties which learning theorist can account for. As Kowalski and Westen (2009) states, “learning refers to any enduring change in the way an organism responds based on its experience. Learning theories assume that experience shapes behavior, that learning is adaptive, and that only systematic experimentation can uncover laws of learning.”(p.157). This paper, will discuss how phobias can be developed through classical conditioning, and how addictions could be developed through operant conditioning, while making a distinction between classical and operant...

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