Lesson 5 - Characteristics of Phobias

Question 1

Behavioural Characteristics of Phobias

Answer 1

Panic
Avoidance
Endurance

Question 2

Behavioural Characteristics of Phobias

Panic

Answer 2

The person might panic in the presence of the phobic object

They might show behavioural characteristics of crying, running, screaming, freezing, fainting, collapsing or vomiting

Question 3

Behavioural Characteristics of Phobias

Avoidance

Answer 3

When faced with the phobic object, the response is to evade the object
This can interfere with the person’s normal daily live

Question 4

Behavioural Characteristics of Phobias

Endurance

Answer 4

The person may remain the presence of the phobic object, frozen and unable to move

Question 5

Emotional Characteristics of Phobias

Answer 5

Fear

Anxiety

Question 6

Emotional Characteristics of Phobias

Fear

Answer 6

Persistent, excessive and unreasonable worry and distress might be felt in the presence of the phobic object

Question 7

Emotional Characteristics of Phobias

Anxiety

Answer 7

When the person encounter their phobic object, they will feel terror and be uncertain and apprehensive about what is going to happen

Question 8

Cognitive Characteristics of Phobias

Answer 8

Irrational Beliefs

Selective Attention

Question 9

Cognitive Characteristics of Phobias

Irrational Beliefs

Answer 9

The person’s thoughts about their phobia do not make logical sense and they will resist rational arguments that counter it
The person will also have a distorted perception of the stimulus

Question 10

Cognitive Characteristics of Phobias

Selective Attention

Answer 10

When the person encounters the phobic object, they will become fixated on it because of their irrational beliefs about the danger posed