Characteristics Of Phobias

Question 1

What is a phobia

Answer 1

It is an extreme fear of specific objects, situations or concepts which trigger extreme anxiety in the phobic person

Question 2

What classifies phobias into categories and into what

Answer 2

DSM-5
Specific phobia
Social phobia
Agoraphobia

Question 3

What is behavioural characteristics of phobia

Answer 3

Include ways in which he phobic person responds to the phobic stimulus

Question 4

What is common responses to phobic stimulus

Answer 4

Panic
Avoidance
Endurance

Question 5

What do cognitive characteristics of phobias involve

Answer 5

Irrational thinking
Cognitive distortions
Selective attention

Question 6

What is Irrational thinking, cognitive distortions, selective attention surrounding phobic stimulus

Answer 6

Irrational beliefs - thoughts that cant be easily explained and no basis in reality
Cognitive distortions - perception of a person may be inaccurate and unrealistic
Selective attention - becoming fixated on the phobic stimulus and unable to draw attention away from it

Question 7

What are emotional characteristics

Answer 7

They revolve around the primary feelings and emotions experienced in presence of phobic stimulus

Question 8

Types of emotional characteristics

Answer 8

Anxiety
Fear
Is much greater then normal and disproportionate to the threat proposed