phobias

Question 1

what is a phobia

Answer 1

an irrational fear of an object or situation

Question 2

3 behavioural characteristics of phobias

Answer 2

panic
avoidance
endurance

Question 3

Panic ( behavioural characteristic )

Answer 3

a person with a phobia may panic to the presence of the stimulus
panic results in different behaviours such as crying, screaming or running away

Question 4

How do children react to panic

Answer 4

freezing
clinging
tantrum

Question 5

Avoidance ( behavioural characteristic )

Answer 5

people with phobias will go through a lot of effort to avoid coming into contact with a stimulus
- makes daily life more difficult

Question 6

Endurance ( behavioural characteristic )

Answer 6

when a person chooses to be in presence of the stimulus
a person with arachnophobia will stay in a room with a spider and keep watch of it

Question 7

3 emotional characteristics of phobias

Answer 7

Anxiety
Fear
Unreasonable emotional response

Question 8

Anxiety ( emotional characteristic )

Answer 8

phobias are classed as anxiety disorders
the phobias involve an emotional response of anxiety - high arousal
prevents a person from relaxing and having positive thoughts

Question 9

Fear ( emotional characteristic )

Answer 9

the immediate and unpleasant response when encountering a stimulant
more severe but shorter lasting than anxiety

Question 10

Unreasonable emotional response ( emotional characteristic )

Answer 10

anxiety or fear is much more disproportionate than normal peoples reactions - providing over the top reactions

Question 11

3 cognitive characteristics of phobias

Answer 11

Select attention to stimulus
irrational beliefs
cognitive distortions

Question 12

select attention to stimulus (cognitive characteristic)

Answer 12

if a person sees a stimulus, it is difficult to take attention away from it - allows quick reactions but is irrational for majority of phobias

Question 13

irrational behaviour ( cognitive characteristic )

Answer 13

a person with a phobia may have extreme thoughts in relation to the stimuli
social phobias such as needing to sound intelligent may place pressure on individuals to perform in social situations

Question 14

cognitive distortions

Answer 14

people with a phobia may have inaccurate or unrealistic perceptions - seeing snakes as aggressive and alien-looking