A-Level psychology [edexcel]- Learning theories & links to phobias

This is an A-level psychology lesson which focuses on the learning approach. This lesson goes through the acquisition of phobias and treatments for phobias based on learning theories. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 13 slides on the power point.

Included:

• Starter activity which focuses on recapping the Robbers Cave experiment from the social approach - questions and answers included.
• Title page, encouraging students to think about how learning theories could explain phobias.
• The two-process model - Hobart Mowrer (1960- explanation of how phobias can be explained by classical conditioning and operant conditioning.
• Explanation of how social learning can explain phobias. Key studies used throughout.
• Evaluation of the learning theories & their explanations of the acquisition of phobias.
• video clip of someone with a phobia and the treatment they are receiving. Youtube video links on the pp slide.
• Explanation of systematic desensitisation & evaluation.
• Explanation of Flooding & evaluation.
• Links to individual differences.
• Homework- students to complete research into aversion therapy.