phobias

Question 1

what are phobias

Answer 1

• anxiety disorder
• irrational fears that produce a conscious avoidance of the feared object or situation

Question 2

DSM-5- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
types of phobias

Answer 2

specific
social
agoraphobia

Question 3

what is specific phobias

Answer 3

1- animal
2- natural environment
3- blood/injections
4- situational (heights)
5- other

Question 4

what are social phobias

Answer 4

involves an intense fear of a social situation or intense fear of having to interact with other people

Question 5

what is agoraphobia

Answer 5

fear of open spaces
fear of being away from home

Question 6

characteristics of phobias

Answer 6

emotional:
- anxiety
- immediate, unpleasant fear
- stress
behavioural:
- avoidance
- panic
- endurance
cognitive
- irrational thoughts
- aware of excessive thoughts

Question 7

behavioural approach to explaining phobias

Answer 7

learn phobias through principles of CC and OC
OC is maintained- avoidance
OC increases frequency of behaviour
Di nardo
- half people with a phobia of dogs have been bitten
- through classical conditioning