Psychology Of Everyday life

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Social phobia

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Fear of unfamiliar people or social scrutiny ( critical observation)

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What is specific phobia ?

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Fear of objects or situations that is out of proportion to any real danger

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Panic disorder

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Anxiety about recurrent panic attacks; sometimes accompanied by agoraphobia (a fear of being in crowded/ public places where panic attacks could occur)

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Generalized anxiety disorder -GAD

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Uncontrollable worry for at least 6months

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder -OCD

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Obsessions which are uncontrollable thoughts, impulses or images or compulsions which are repetitive behaviour or mental acts

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Post traumatic stress disorder -PTSD

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Aftermath of a traumatic experience which the person re-experiences the traumatic event avoids stimuli associated with the event and experiences increased arousal.

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Acute stress disorder

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Symptoms are similar to those of post traumatic stress disorder but occur for less than 4 weeks after the traumatic event

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What are the basic characteristics (symptoms related to) of anxiety disorders ?

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▫️Physical symptom: faster breathing, tense muscles, rapid heart rate & nausea.
▫️inability to concentrate
▫️distorted world perception

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What is autonomic nervous system made up of ?

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What is systematic nervous system ?

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Known as the flight or fight system

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What is parasympathetic system ?

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Rest or digest system

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Description of phobia disorders?

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A persistent unreasonable fear of a specific object, activity or situation

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Coping strategy for phobia disorder

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Avoid the feared object or situation and not think about it

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How does phobias vary by age. Give an example of elderly vs. Young adults ?

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Elderly fear of crowds due to the fear of being injured

Young adults are fearful of snakes, heights and storms

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What is agoraphobia ( phobic disorder ) ?

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Avoidance of public places

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Social phobia (phobic disorder )

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Incapacitating exposure to scrutiny

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Simple phobia

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Persistent fear of objects or discrete events

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Phobia: Ablutophobia

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Fear of washing or bathing

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Phobia: aerophobia

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Fear of swallowing air

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Phobia: Anablephobia

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Fear of looking up

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Phobia: Anemophobia

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Fear of wind

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Phobia: Arithmophobia

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Fear of numbers

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phobia: Auroraphobia

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Fear of Northern Lights

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Phobia:Barophobia

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Fear of gravity

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Phobia: Basophobia

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Fear of walking

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Phobia: Blennophobia

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Fear of smile

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Phobia: Bogyphobia

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Fear of the bogeyman

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Phobia: Cathisophobia

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Fear of sitting

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phobia: Catoptrophobia

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Fear of mirrors

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Phobia: Chaetophobia

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Fear of hair

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Phobia: Chromatophobia

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Fear of colours

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Phobia: Chronophobia

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Fear of time

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Phobia: Chronomentrophobia

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Fear of clocks

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Phobia: Cibophobia

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Fear of food

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Phobia: Clinophobia

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Fear of going to bed

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Phobia: Dendrophobia

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Fear of trees

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Phobia: Dextrophobia

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Fear of objects at the right side of the body

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Generalized anxiety disorders (GAD) description

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Free floating anxiety or chronic and persistent anxiety

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What is trait anxiety?

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Trait anxiety is one's General level

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What is state anxiety ?

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Is anxiety variations as affected by situations