Specific Phobias

Question 1

At what point does Anxiety affects someones life ?

Answer 1

it does not have to reach a clinical level to impact the quality of life

Question 2

Specific Phobias ( 15 % of genera population) 
Female more than male 2:1

Answer 2

Marked or persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable and that is cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation
it should interfere with the person’s routine and function.

Question 3

What are the types ?

Answer 3

Animal - Environment- Blood injections- situational - other types
( Runs within a family)

Question 4

Wolpe & Rachmann

Answer 4

There is no evidence for Freud’s psychoanalytical account

All phobias are caused by Pavlov conditioning ( classical conditioning)

Question 5

What are the types

Answer 5

Direct : you have experienced it or you saw someone who has

Indirect : information Acquisition

Question 6

Vicarious Experience

Answer 6

You saw someone who has experienced trauma

Question 7

Preparedness

Answer 7

we are more psychologically prepared to some phobias because of natural selection

Question 8

the non associative perspective

Answer 8

Due to Natural selection, fees are innate and th role of the environment is to abate rather than trigger it
evidence : Rerospect studies “ I do not remember “
MZ Correlate with

Question 9

Evolutionary -relevant

Answer 9

biologically determined but driven by experience

Question 10

Evolutionary neutral

Answer 10

determined by experience but modulated by biological predisposition