Characteristics

Cards (4)

  • Panic, Avoidance and endurance are all behavioural characteristics of a phobia.
  • Avoidance can be physical (e.g. not going near the thing) or mental (thinking about it causes anxiety)
  • Selective attention, irrational beliefs and cognitive distortions are all cognitive characteristics of a phobia.
  • Anxiety, fear and unreasonable emotional response are all emotional characteristics of a phobia.