Paper 1 - Psychopathology Flashcards
1
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What is a phobia?
A
An irrational fear of an object or situation
2
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What is meant by behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of phobias?
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Behavioural - ways in which people act, e.g. panic, avoidance, endurance.
Emotional - ways in which people feel, e.g. anxiety, unreasonable emotional response.
Cognitive - what people think, perceive or believe, e.g. irrational beliefs, cognitive distortions (e.g. seeing snakes as aliens, thinking belly buttons are ugly).
3
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DSM recognises the following categories of phobia:
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Specific phobia: phobia of an object (snakes) or situation (getting injections).
Social anxiety: phobia of a social situation such as public speaking.
Agoraphobia: phobia of being outside.
