It has been suggested that phobias may be acquired through classical

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conditioning. Discuss the implications o? It has been suggested that phobias may be acquired through classical conditioning. Discuss the implications of this with consideration of the Watson and Rayner "Little Albert" experiment. When thinking about phobias, what phobias do you have. How do you think that these developed--are your fears rational, or are they cases of the “fear of the unknown”? Do you think that your fears could be overcome with systematic desensitization, or are you skeptical of the procedure? Please explain your answer.

 

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you have a phobia of doing homework. It developed from rational fears of getting low grades. You are skeptical of systematic desensitization, b/c if it succeeds, you will have to do the homeworks again.