Psychology Of Everyday life Flashcards
Social phobia
Fear of unfamiliar people or social scrutiny ( critical observation)
What is specific phobia ?
Fear of objects or situations that is out of proportion to any real danger
Panic disorder
Anxiety about recurrent panic attacks; sometimes accompanied by agoraphobia (a fear of being in crowded/ public places where panic attacks could occur)
Generalized anxiety disorder -GAD
Uncontrollable worry for at least 6months
Obsessive-compulsive disorder -OCD
Obsessions which are uncontrollable thoughts, impulses or images or compulsions which are repetitive behaviour or mental acts
Post traumatic stress disorder -PTSD
Aftermath of a traumatic experience which the person re-experiences the traumatic event avoids stimuli associated with the event and experiences increased arousal.
Acute stress disorder
Symptoms are similar to those of post traumatic stress disorder but occur for less than 4 weeks after the traumatic event
What are the basic characteristics (symptoms related to) of anxiety disorders ?
▫️Physical symptom: faster breathing, tense muscles, rapid heart rate & nausea.
▫️inability to concentrate
▫️distorted world perception
What is autonomic nervous system made up of ?
What is systematic nervous system ?
Known as the flight or fight system
What is parasympathetic system ?
Rest or digest system
Description of phobia disorders?
A persistent unreasonable fear of a specific object, activity or situation
Coping strategy for phobia disorder
Avoid the feared object or situation and not think about it
How does phobias vary by age. Give an example of elderly vs. Young adults ?
Elderly fear of crowds due to the fear of being injured
Young adults are fearful of snakes, heights and storms
What is agoraphobia ( phobic disorder ) ?
Avoidance of public places
Social phobia (phobic disorder )
Incapacitating exposure to scrutiny
Simple phobia
Persistent fear of objects or discrete events
Phobia: Ablutophobia
Fear of washing or bathing
Phobia: aerophobia
Fear of swallowing air
Phobia: Anablephobia
Fear of looking up
Phobia: Anemophobia
Fear of wind
Phobia: Arithmophobia
Fear of numbers
phobia: Auroraphobia
Fear of Northern Lights
Phobia:Barophobia
Fear of gravity
Phobia: Basophobia
Fear of walking
Phobia: Blennophobia
Fear of smile
Phobia: Bogyphobia
Fear of the bogeyman
Phobia: Cathisophobia
Fear of sitting
phobia: Catoptrophobia
Fear of mirrors
Phobia: Chaetophobia
Fear of hair
Phobia: Chromatophobia
Fear of colours
Phobia: Chronophobia
Fear of time
Phobia: Chronomentrophobia
Fear of clocks
Phobia: Cibophobia
Fear of food
Phobia: Clinophobia
Fear of going to bed
Phobia: Dendrophobia
Fear of trees
Phobia: Dextrophobia
Fear of objects at the right side of the body
Generalized anxiety disorders (GAD) description
Free floating anxiety or chronic and persistent anxiety
What is trait anxiety?
Trait anxiety is one’s General level
What is state anxiety ?
Is anxiety variations as affected by situations
