Characteristics

• How do people typically respond to their fears in phobias?

  By feeling high anxiety and trying to escape
• How do emotional responses in phobias compare to the actual danger posed?

  They are wildly disproportionate
• What is selective attention in the context of phobias?

  Difficulty looking away from the phobic stimulus
• What are the behavioural characteristics of phobias?

  • Panic
  • Avoidance
  • Endurance
• What are the emotional characteristics of phobias?

  • Anxiety
  • Unreasonable emotional responses
• What are the cognitive characteristics of phobias?

  • Selective attention
  • Irrational beliefs
  • Cognitive distortion