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Psychopathology - phobias Flashcards

1
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phobias are charcateised by

A

excessive fear and anxiety

triggerd by object
place
situation

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in phobias describe the extent of fear

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out of proportion
to any real danger
presented by phobic stimulus

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BCOP - how do we respond to things or situations we fear

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by behaving in particular ways

  • feeling high levels of anxiety
  • trying to escape
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4
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BCOP - the fear repsones in phobias are the same as

even if

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what we experience for any other fear

even if the fear level is irrational

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BCOP - what do i mean when i say the fear lvl is irrational

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out of proportion to the phobic stimulus

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BCOP - what are the 3 behavioural charcateristic of phobiuas

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Panic

Avoidance

Endurance

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BCOP - what may a person do in repsonse to the prescence of a phobic stimulus

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panic

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BCOP - give examples of some of the behaviours panicking may involve

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range of behaviours e.g

crying
screaming
running away

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BCOP - in term of panic how many children react

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slighlty diffrently e.g

freezing

clingning

having tantrum

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BCOP - What is avoidance

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instead of making consocious effort to face their fear

go to a lot of effort to prevent coming into contact with phobic stimulus

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BCOP - what can avoidance do

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make it hard to go about daily life

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BCOP - give example of how avoidance can make it hard to go about daily life

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someone with fear of public toilets

limit time spent otuside relevant to how long they can last without toilet

this in turn can interfere with work education social life

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BCOP - what is the alt behavioural repsonse to avoidance

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endurance

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BCOP - what is enudrance

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when person chooses to remian in prescenece of phobic stimulus

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BCOP - give exampe of endurance

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someone with arachnophobia choose to remain in room with spider on wall and keep wary eye on it rather than leaving

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16
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ECOP - emotional charcterstics are

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related to a person feeling or mood

17
Q

ECOP - what are the emotional charcteristics of phobias

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anxiety

fear

emotional repsonse is unreasonable

18
Q

ECOP - what are phobias classed as

A

anxiety disorders

19
Q

ECOP - phobias are anxiety disorders what does this mean

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involve an emotional repsonse of anxiety - an unpleasant state of high arousal

20
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ECOP - what does anxiety do i.e prevent

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prevents a person relaxing

21
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ECOP - what does anxiety make difficult to experience

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very difficult to experience any positive emotion

22
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ECOP - anxiety can be what type of timeframe

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long term

23
Q

ECOP - fear and anxiety have what type of meanings

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distinct meaning s

24
Q

ECOP - fear meaning

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immediate and xtremly unpleasnat resposne we experience when encounter or think about a phobic stimulus

25
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ECOP - compare fear to anxiety

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usually more intense

experienced for shorter period than anxiety q

26
Q

ECOP - unreasonable - anxiety and fear are much greater than

and

in terms of proportions

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than is normal

and

disproportionate to any threat posed by phobic stimulus

27
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ECOP - give example of emotional response being unreasonabe

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arachnophobia person has strong emotional response to tiny spider e.g meltdown

when in reality most people respond in a less anxious way even to a poisonous spider

28
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CCOP - what is the cognitive elemt of phobuas concerned with

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ways which people process info

29
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CCOP -how do people with phobias process info about phobic stimulus

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differentley from other objects and situations

30
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CCOP - what are the three cognitive characteristics of phobias

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selective attention to phobic stimulus

irrational beliefs

cognitive distortions

31
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CCOP - SELECTIVE ATTENTION TO STIMULUS - if person can see phobic stimulus

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hard to look away from it

32
Q

CCOP - SATS why is keeping our attention on something really dangerous a good thing

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gives us best chance of reacting quickly to a threat

33
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CCOP - SATS - when is keeping attention on dangerous thing not useful

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when fear irrational

34
Q

CCOP - DEFINE irrational beleifs

2 points

holding
explanation

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person with phobia may hold unfounded thoughts in relation to phobic stimulus

they cant be explained easily and have no basis in relaity

35
Q

CCOP - give scenario where someone with social phobia has irrational beliefs

A

if i blush people will think im weka

36
Q

CCOP - socila phobia : if i blush people will think im weak - what does this kind of belief do

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increase pressure on person to perform well in social situations

37
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CCOP - what are cognitive distortions

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perception of person with phobia may be innacurate and unrealistic

38
Q

give an example of cognitive distortion

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someone with mycophobia sees mushrooms as disgusting

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