CHARACTERISTICS OF PHOBIAS

Question 1

what are behavioral characteristics of phobias?

Answer 1

• Panic
• avoidance
• endurance

Question 2

what are emotional characteristics of phobias?

Answer 2

anxiety, fear

Question 3

what are cognitive characteristics of phobias?

Answer 3

• Selective attention to the phobic stimulus
• irrational beliefs
• cognitive distortions

Question 4

panic

Answer 4

• may involve a range of behaviours
• e.g crying, screaming or running away from phobia stimuli

Question 5

avodiance

Answer 5

• effort to prevent contact with phobic stimuli. makes it hard to go with everyday life

Question 6

endurance

Answer 6

• involves remianing with phobic stimuli
• continuing to experience anxiety

Question 7

fear

Answer 7

• what we experience when we see phobic stimuli

Question 8

anxiety

Answer 8

• an unpleasant state of high arousal prevents indivdual from relaxing making it hard to experience positive emotions.

Question 9

sellective attention to phobic stimuli

Answer 9

• a person with arachnophobia may find it hard to look away from phobic stimuli

Question 10

irrational beliefs

Answer 10

• phobia may involve belief

Question 11

cognitive distortion

Answer 11

unrealistic thinking