Characteristics Of Phobias

Question 1

Behavioural characteristics

Answer 1

Panic - they may panic in the presence of a phobic object, could be crying, running, fainting

Avoidance - they would evade the object and interfere with the persons daily life

Endurance - they may remain frozen and unable to move un the presence of the phobic object
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Question 2

Cognitive characteristics

Answer 2

Irrational beliefs - they don’t make logical sense, resist rational arguments, they will have a distorted perception of the stimulus

Selective attention - they will be fixated on it, bc of the irrational beliefs

Question 3

Emotional characteristics

Answer 3

Fear - distress about phobic object
Anxiety - unsure what will happens and distressed