Phobia

Question 1

8. What biological treatment could be used to overcome the phobia mentioned in this article? How does it work?

Answer 1

Benzodiazepines: class of drugs such as Valiam, Xanax, Rohyphol that ‘calm down’ neural activity of GABA to reduce levels of arousal and have inhibitory effects of the post synaptic neurons as people with anxiety don’t make enough of neurotransmitters.

Question 2

9. What is cognitive bias? Describe the specific type of cognitive bias explored in this article

Answer 2

tendency to think in a way that involves errors, bad judgement and decision making.

Question 3

7. neurotransmitter associated with phobia and describe the role they play in neurotransmitter associated with phobia

Answer 3

GABA- primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS which regulates anxiety, arousal and sleep. It inhibits the postsynaptic neurons from passing on the neural impulse. It helps to finetune brain activity, keeps neural transmission from getting out of control (low levels of heightened anxiety). Thus, when people have phobias, they have low levels of this

Question 4

neurotransmitter associated with phobia and describe the role they play in the development of the phobia

Answer 4

Glutamate: excitatory neuron transmits which makes postsynaptic neurons more likely to pass on the neural message. It gets the postsynaptic neuron excited so it requires less stimulation to fire. High levels of neurotransmission cause anxiety.

Question 5

describe the role they play in neurotransmitter associated with phobia - GABA

Answer 5

Thus, when an individual has a phobia they usually make low levels of this neurotransmitter. Thu