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AP Psychology
Unit 4 – Learning
Topic 4.1
Which learning theory best explains why people might develop phobias?
Observational Learning, where people pick up phobias by watching others' fear responses
Classical Conditioning, where an initially neutral stimulus becomes associated with fear through pairing with a fear-inducing stimuli
Operant Conditioning, emphasizing that phobias are learned responses to avoid punishments
Insight learning, suggesting that phobias result from sudden comprehension of higher-level concepts.
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