Characteristics of a Phobia

Question 1

What are phobias?

Answer 1

a type of anxiety disorder

Question 2

What are phobias characterised by?

Answer 2

a marked and persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable, cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation

Question 3

What are behavioural characteristics of a phobia?

Answer 3

The phobic stimulus is either avoided or responded to with great anxiety

Question 4

What are emotional characteristics of a phobia?

Answer 4

Exposure to the phobic stimulus nearly always produces a rapid anxiety response

Question 5

What are cognitive characteristics of a phobia?

Answer 5

Recognition that the fear is excessive or unreasonable

Question 6

What does DSM define?

Answer 6

three categories of phobias

Question 7

What are the three categories of phobias?

Answer 7

agoraphobia, social phobia and specific phobias

Question 8

What is agoraphobia?

Answer 8

A fear of open spaces

- A fear of being away from home

Question 9

What is a social phobis?

Answer 9

an intense fear of social situation or having to interact with other people

Question 10

What are specific phobias?

Answer 10

relate to a fear of a specific object, such as a spider, or a situation, such as an enclosed space