Chapter 10A

Question 1

four categories of phobia

Answer 1

natural environment
animals
potential bodily pain or injury
situations

Question 2

Long term potentiation

Answer 2

is the long-lasting strengthening of synaptic connections of neurons resulting in enhanced signaling between neurons.

Question 3

memory bias

Answer 3

is a form of distorted thinking that either enhances or impairs the recall of a memory or that alters its content

Question 4

catastrophic thinking

Answer 4

a cognitive bias that involves overestimating and exaggerating the worst possible outcomes to situations even though they are unlikely to occur.

Question 5

specific environmental triggers

Answer 5

when a specific phobia is developed after a direct negative and traumatic experience with an object or situation that produces extreme fear or discomfort.