A01 characteristics of phobias
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- Created on: 14-04-22 13:29
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- A01 B, E + C characteristics of phobias
- Behavioural
- We respond to fear by behaving in a particular way. Reaction is same even if fear is irrational
- Panic
- Cry, scream or run away
- Children -> freezing, tantrums, or clinging
- Avoidance
- Many avoid their phobic stimulus
- Can interfere with work, education or social life
- Endurance
- Choosing to stay with phobic stimulus
- e.g. watching spider instead of running away
- Treatment
- Emotional
- Anxiety
- Phobia = anxiety disorder
- Difficult to relax / experience positive emotion
- Possible long-term
- Fear
- More intense, but shorter than anxiety
- Immediate response to phobic stimulus
- Unreasonable response
- Anxiety/fear is disproportionate to any threat
- Anxiety
- Cognitive
- People with phobias process information about their stimuli differently
- Selective attention
- After seeing stimuli it is hard to look away
- Good in times of threat but not when it is irrational
- Irrational beliefs
- Phobia -> can cause unfounded thoughts relating to the stimulus
- -> increased pressure to perform well
- ie does not have basis in reality
- Cognitive distortion
- Perceptions-> inaccurate and unrealistic
- Excessive fear triggered by an object, place or situation
- Specific phobia: object or situation
- Social phobia: social situation
- Agoraphobia: outside or public place
- Behavioural
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