⚫ Psychopathology: Phobias Flashcards

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What are the DSM-5 categories of phobias

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  • Specific phobia
  • Social anxiety (social phobia)
  • Agoraphobia
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What is specific phobia

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What is social anxiety

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What is agoraphobia

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List the behavioural characteristics of phobias

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  • Panic
  • Avoidance
  • Endurance
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Outline panic as a behavioural characteristic of phobias

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Outline avoidance as a behavioural characteristic of phobias

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Outline endurance as a behavioural characteristic of phobias

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What are the emotional characteristics of phobias

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  • Fear
  • Anxiety
  • Unreasonable emotional response
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Describe the difference between anxiety and fear

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Outline fear as an emotional characteristic of phobias

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Outline anxiety as an emotional characteristic of phobias

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Outline unreasonable emotional response as an emotional characteristic of phobias

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What are the cognitive characteristics of phobias

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  • Selective attention to phobic stimuli
  • Irrational beliefs
  • Cognitive distortions
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Outline selective attention to phobic stimuli as a cognitive characteristic of phobias

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Outline irrational beliefs as a cognitive characteristic of phobias

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Outline cognitive distortions as a cognitive characteristic of phobias

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  • The perceptions of a person with a phobia may be inaccurate and unrealistic

e.g a person with a phobia of snakes may see them as alien