Phobias

Question 1

How are phobias categorised

Answer 1

Excessive fear and anxiety triggered by an object person or situation

Question 2

What are the three categories of phobia

Answer 2

Specific phobia - phobia to specific object
Social anxiety
Agoraphobia - phobia of being outside

Question 3

What are the behavioural characteristics of phobia

Answer 3

Panic - crying screaming running ways
Avoidance - making a conscious effort to avoid the fear
Endurance - remain in presence of phobic stimulus but keep an eye etched

Question 4

What are the emotional characteristics of phobias

Answer 4

Anxiety - unpleasant state of high arousal
Fear - immediate and extreme u pleasant response
Emotional response is unreasonable

Question 5

What are the cognitive characteristics of phobias

Answer 5

Selective attention to phobic stimulus - either ignore or really focus on it
Irrational beliefs - no basis for reality
Cognitive distortions -inaccurate and unrealistic