Characteristics of Phobias Flashcards

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what are the cognitive characteristics of phobias?

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  • selective attention
  • irrational beliefs
  • cognitive distortion
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what is selective attention?

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this is when the person with the phobias struggles to look away from the phobias stimulus, this is so that they have a better chance of reacting quickly to the threat

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what are irrational beliefs?

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person with phobia have unfounded thoughts in relation to the phobic stimulus

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what is cognitive distortions?

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perception of person with phobia may be inaccurate and unrealistic

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what are the emotional characteristics of a phobias?

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  • anxiety
  • fear
  • emotional response is unreasonable
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what is anxiety?

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  • an unpleasant state of arousal
  • prevents a person from relaxing and makes it difficult for them to experience any positive emotion
  • anxiety can be long term
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what is fear?

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  • immediate and extremely unpleasant response we experience when we encounter or think about the phobic stimulus
  • more intense but experienced in shorter periods than anxiety
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what is emotional response is unreasonable?

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  • anxiety or fear is much greater than is ‘normal’ and disproportionate to any threat posed
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what are the behavioural characteristics of phobias?

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  • panic
  • avoidance
  • endurance
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what is panic?

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  • person with phobia may panic in response to presence of phobic stimulus
  • panic includes: crying, screaming or running away
  • panic in children: freezing, clinging or having a tantrum
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what is avoidance?

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  • person with phobia prevent coming into contact with the phobic stimulus
  • makes it hard to go about their daily life
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what is endurance?

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  • person chooses to remain in the presence of the phobic stimulus
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