Phobias

Question 1

Behavioural characteristics

Answer 1

Panic - crying, screaming, running away

Avoidance - not facing the object of your fear (makes daily life difficult)

Question 2

Emotional characteristics

Answer 2

Anxiety - unpleasant state of high arousal

Unreasonable emotional responses - disproportionate to the threat

Question 3

Cognitive characteristics

Answer 3

Selective attention - ignoring other aspects of a situation and only focuses on the source of their fear
Irrational beliefs - the phobic stimulus poses more danger that it actually does.