characteristics of phobias , depression and OCD

Question 1

behavioral characteristics for phobia

Answer 1

panic (crying , screaming, sweating )
avoidance ( go to great lengths of avoid the stimulus of fear)

Question 2

emotional characteristics of phobias

Answer 2

• anxiety
• fear couple with anxiety (heart rate and breathing rate increases)

Question 3

cognitive characteristics (internal mental processes)

Answer 3

• irrational thoughts - the spider will kill me
  selective attention (paying attention to something is an internal mental process - tasks are interefered as all attention is directed to stimulus
  there cognitive ability for other tasks are reduced

Question 4

behavioural characteristics for depression

Answer 4

lack of energy and pleasure - avolition lack of enagagement is school, work and social life
disruption in eating and sleeping habits

Question 5

emotional characteristics for depression

Answer 5

• continuous low mood and sadness
  -lowest self esteem and self worth

Question 6

cognitive characteristics for depression

Answer 6

• inability to concentrate
• negative thoughts ( dwelling on the negative view of thins) - becks negative traid 3

Question 7

behavioural characteristics for OCD

Answer 7

• compulsions (repetitive behaviour)
  – reduced social activity - due to the anxiety involved with ocd they may have difficulty engaging in normal relationships

Question 8

emotional characteristics of OCD

Answer 8

• anxiety (by obessesive thoughts which are temporarilly relived by complusions0
• depression (anxiety can lead to low mood)

Question 9

cognitive characteristics of OCD

Answer 9

• obsessive persistent thoughts ( unwanted , intrusive obsessive thought or image / urge repeatedly enters the mind)
• understand the irrationality of their thoughts however are still unable to control them