phobias

• What is the difference between being wary and having a phobia?

  A phobia is an anxiety disorder
• What is the DSM V?

  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders
• What percentage of the UK population has phobias?

  2.6%
• What is the clinical definition of a condition?

  Diagnosed condition affecting daily life
• What are the three characteristics of disorders?

  Behavioral, emotional, cognitive
• What are the categories of specific phobia in DSM 5?

  • Specific phobias
  • Social phobia
  • Agoraphobia

  
• What is arachnophobia?

  Fear of spiders
• What is haematophobia?

  Fear of injury
• What is claustrophobia?

  Fear of confined spaces
• What is hydrophobia?

  Fear of water
• What leads to feelings of inadequacy in social phobias?

  Feeling judged in social situations
• What is agoraphobia?

  Fear of open or public spaces
• What can cause agoraphobia?

  Simple phobia like mysophobia
• What are examples of specific phobias?

  • Arachnophobia: fear of spiders
  • Satanophobia: fear of Satan
  • Apiphobia: fear of bees
  • Arithmophobia: fear of numbers

  
• What are examples of social phobias?

  • Fear of using public toilets
  • Angrophobia: fear of anger
  • Fear of public speaking

  
• What are examples of agoraphobia?

  • Enochlophobia: fear of crowds
  • Fear of going outside

  
• What are the behavioral characteristics of phobias?

  Avoidance, panic, endurance
• What emotional characteristics are associated with phobias?

  Excessive fear, anxiety, panic
• What cognitive characteristics are associated with phobias?

  Selective attention and irrational beliefs
• How does avoidance behavior affect anxiety in phobias?

  Avoidance reduces anxiety temporarily
• What is the behavioral aspect of Mary’s agoraphobia?

  Panic and avoidance of going out
• What is the cognitive aspect of John’s social phobia?

  Irrational belief about embarrassing himself
• What is the emotional aspect of Lucy’s specific phobia?

  Fear and anxiety about spiders
• What is the cognitive aspect of Tim’s specific phobia?

  Irrational belief about medical procedures
• What is the behavioral aspect of Lee’s specific phobia?

  Panic and avoidance in daily life
• What is the purpose of interviewing people about their phobias?

  To understand panic and avoidance behaviors
• How does statistical infrequency define abnormality?

  Based on rarity of the condition
• How does deviation from social norms define abnormality?

  Based on societal expectations and norms
• How does failure to function adequately define abnormality?

  Based on distress and daily functioning
• How does deviation from ideal mental health define abnormality?

  Based on symptoms like guilt and low self-esteem
• What is the behavioral aspect of Eloise's phobia?

  Avoidance of clothes with buttons
• What is the emotional aspect of Eloise's phobia?

  Fear experienced when seeing buttons
• What is the cognitive aspect of Eloise's phobia?

  Belief that buttons will pinch her
• What are the key behavioral characteristics of phobias?

  • Avoidance
  • Endurance
  • Panic
• How does Jane's phobia of horses manifest?

  She avoids seeing horses entirely
• How are phobias learned according to behaviorists?

  Through classical and operant conditioning

  
• Who conducted the Little Albert study?

  Watson and Rayner
• What is classical conditioning?

  Learning by association of stimuli
• What is operant conditioning?

  Learning through consequences of behavior
• What is the process of classical conditioning?

  1. Unconditioned stimulus (UCS) produces unconditioned response (UCR)
  2. Neutral stimulus (NS) paired with UCS
  3. NS becomes conditioned stimulus (CS) producing conditioned response (CR)