CHARACTERISTICS

Cards (18)

  • WHAT IS A PHOBIA?
    irrational fear of an object or situation
  • TYPES OF CHARACTERISTICS?
    behavioural, emotional, cognitive
  • WHAT DO BEHAVIOURAL CHARACTERISTICS CONSIST OF?
    way you act
  • WHAT DO EMOTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS CONSIST OF?
    way you feel
  • WHAT DO COGNITIVE CHARACTERISTICS CONSIST OF?
    way you think
  • BEHAVIOURAL CHARACTERISTICS?
    • avoidance
    • panic
    • endurance
  • HOW TO REMEMBER BEHAVIOURAL CHARACTERISTICS?
    "ape"
  • WHAT IS PANIC?
    physical reaction in presence of phobic stimulus
  • EXAMPLES OF PANIC?
    screaming, crying, running away
  • WHAT IS AVOIDANCE?
    avoiding situations where you may encounter phobic stimulus
  • WHAT IS ENDURANCE?
    remaining in presence of the phobic stimulus but continuing to experience high levels of anxiety
  • EMOTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS?
    • anxiety
    • fear
  • WHAT IS ANXIETY?
    unpleasant state of high arousal, prevents sufferers from relaxing/ feeling positive emotion
  • WHAT IS FEAR?
    unpleasant emotion caused by belief that someone/ something is dangerous, likely to cause pain or a threat
  • COGNITIVE CHARACTERISTICS?
    • selective attention
    • irrational beliefs
    • cognitive distortions
  • WHAT IS SELECTIVE ATTENTION?
    when sufferers attend to phobic stimulus even if it is not a threat, difficult to direct attention elsewhere
  • WHAT ARE IRRATIONAL BELIEFS?
    unreasonable beliefs in relation to phobic stimuli
  • WHAT ARE COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS?
    when someone may perceive the phobic stimulus worse than it actually is