4.2: Phobias

Question 1

Describe one behavioural characteristic that might be seen in a person who has been diagnosed with a phobia of wasps (2 marks)

Answer 1

One behavioural characteristic is panic

Question 2

Describe one behavioural characteristic that might be seen in a person who has been diagnosed with a phobia of wasps (2 marks).
One behavioural characteristic is panic.
What is this?

Answer 2

This is behaviours such as crying, freezing or fainting in the presence of a wasp

Question 3

Describe one emotional characteristic that might be seen in a person who has been diagnosed with a phobia of wasps (2 marks)

Answer 3

One emotional characteristic is fear

Question 4

Describe one emotional characteristic that might be seen in a person who has been diagnosed with a phobia of wasps (2 marks)
One emotional characteristic is fear.
What is this?

Answer 4

This is feeling scared, for example about dying from a wasp’s sting