spookierbabe
hey hey!
I agree CC and OC can be very confusing but it might help to put them in examples 😄
Classical conditioning precipitates a phobia (cause it creates a fear response ) e.g a person almost drowns when they were younger, this causes an association of the NS (water) and the UCS (drowning) to form a fear response (which is the phobia)= phobia of water. So therefore CC is said to 'trigger' phobia
whereas OC perpetuates a phobia, mostly through negative reinforcement (although it can be others as well)
e.g) in relation to the individual with a phobia of water- they may avoid going to beach parties/holidays with their friends or family that are near seas/lakes/oceans, when they avoid the water(which causes them significant distress) they are removing a negative stimulus = them feeling relief, therefore they are more likely to avoid the water in the future as well, thus perpetuating the phobia
I hope this makes sense xx
