Alistair has a severe phobia of plastic buttons (koumpounophobia), which prevents him from wearing formal clothing or attending social events. His clinician first attempted flooding by placing Alistair in a small room containing a large bucket of loose buttons, but Alistair experienced a severe panic attack and immediately withdrew from the therapy. The clinician now wishes to try an alternative behavioural intervention.
Describe how this alternative behavioural treatment could be used to treat Alistair's phobia.
205 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Main features of classical conditioning, Pavlov (1927) salivation in dogs, Main features of operant conditioning, Properties of reinforcement, Behaviour modification and shaping, Main features of social learning theory, Social learning stages, Bandura (1961, 1963) Bobo doll experiments, Bandura (1965) vicarious reinforcement, Learning theories and phobias, Treatments for phobias, Individual differences, and Developmental psychology. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.