Topic D - Why do we have phobias?

Content

 * 1) Evolutionary explanation of preparedness (biological theory)
 * 2) Social Learning Theory (social theory)
 * 3) Classical conditioning
 * 4) Nature-nurture debate in relation to phobias
 * 5) Methodology (for this unit)
 * 6) Questionnaires as a research method
 * 7) Practical and ethical issues of animal experiments
 * 8) Cover Jones (1924) The case of Little Peter
 * 9) Bennett-Levy and Mareau (1984) Fear of animals, preparedness
 * 10) Flooding and Systematic Desensitisation - Treatment of phobias
 * 11) Role of a clinical psychologist
 * 12) Heinrichs et al (2005) Cultural differences, social anxiety