Characteristics of phobias

• What are the behavioural characteristics of phobias?

  Avoidance of the phobic stimulus

  Remaining in the phobic stimulus presence - endurance "freezing"
• What are the emotional characteristics of phobias?

  Intense psychological feeling of fear

  Irrational beliefs about the phobic stimulus
• What are the cognitive characteristics of phobias?

  Resistance to rational argument

  Irrational beliefs

  Selective attention