Characteristics (phobias)

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  • The behavioural characteristics of phobias are:
    1. Avoidance of phobic stimulus
    2. Endurance to phobic stimulus
    3. Panicking (i.e hyperventilating)
  • The emotional characteristics of phobias are:
    1. Anxiety is an a state of high arousal
    2. Fear (immediate emotion when encountered with phobic stimulus)
    3. Unreasonable response
  • The cognitive characteristics of phobias are:
    1. Selective attention to phobic stimulus
    2. Irrational beliefs (social phobia example: ‘i must sound unintelligent’)
    3. Cognitive distortions (i.e snake as alien)