Characteristics of phobias

Question 1

What are the 3 types of phobias?

Answer 1

Specific phobia, social anxiety and agoraphobia

Question 2

What is specific phobia?

Answer 2

Phobia of an object, such an animal, or a situation, such as flying

Question 3

What is social anxiety?

Answer 3

Phobia of a social situation such as public speaking or using a public toilet

Question 4

What is agoraphobia?

Answer 4

Phobia of being outside or in a public place

Question 5

What are the 3 types of characteristics?

Answer 5

Behavioural, emotional or cognitive

Question 6

What is a behavioural characteristic?

Answer 6

How it makes us behave

Question 7

What are emotional characteristics?

Answer 7

How it makes us feel

Question 8

What are cognitive characteristics?

Answer 8

How it affects thinking patterns and processing

Question 9

What are the behavioural characteristics of phobias?

Answer 9

Panic, avoidance and endurance

Question 10

What are the emotional characteristics of phobias?

Answer 10

Anxiety, fear and unreasonable responses

Question 11

What are the cognitive characteristics of phobias?

Answer 11

Selective attention, irrational beliefs and cognitive distortion