phobia

Question 1

what are the three behavioural characteristics of phobias

Answer 1

panic

avoidance

endurance

Question 2

what are the three emotional characteristics of phobias

Answer 2

anxiety

fear

unreasonable emotional response

Question 3

what are the three cognitive characteristics of phobias

Answer 3

selective attention to the phobia stimulus

irrational beliefs

cognitive distortions

Question 4

how does the two model process explain phobias

Answer 4

explanation for the onset and persistence of disorders that creates anxiety.

Question 5

what are the two process

Answer 5

classical conditioning - onset of learning

operant conditioning - persistence

Question 6

what is systematic desensitisation

Answer 6

a therapy used to reduce an unwanted response,

Question 7

what is the process in systematic desensitisation

Answer 7

1. anxiety hierarchy (a list of situations related to phobia)
2. relaxation (client is put in a relaxed state, called reciprocal inhibition)
3. exposure (while in relaxed state exposed to phobia)

Question 8

what is flooding

Answer 8

a therapy where the phobia is exposed to an extreme form of a phobic stimulus.