5. Phobias AO1 Flashcards

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What are the two behavioural characteristics of a phobia?

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Panic and avoidance

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What is panic?

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This may involve a range of behaviours such as crying, screaming or running away from the phobic stimulus

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What is avoidance?

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Considerable effort to avoid coming into contact with the phobic stimulus

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What can avoidance cause?

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Avoidance can make it hard to go above it everyday life, especially if the phobic stimulus is often seen e.g. Public places

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What are the two emotional characteristics of a phobia?

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  • Anxiety/fear and responses are unreasonable
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What is anxiety and fear?

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Fear is the immediate experience when a phobic encounters or thinks about the phobic stimulus, fear then leads to anxiety.

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What does responses and unreasonable mean?

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Response is widely disproportionate to the threat posed

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What are the two cognitive characteristics of a phobia?

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Selective attention to the phobic stimulus and irrational beliefs

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What is selective attention to the phobic stimulus?

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The phobic finds it hard to look away from the phobic stimulus

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What are irrational beliefs?

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Social phobias may involve beliefs such as ‘I must always sound intelligent’

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