Overview: irrational fear to a specific object or situation.DSM diagnoses phobias. Persistant fear which effects their life. 3 types
1) specific Phobias - situation/ object
2) Social Phobias - humiliation in public
3) agoraphobia- public places
Emotional: Phobias are classed as an anxity disorder, the primsry emotional charaterisic of a phobia is fear- this is persistant and is likely to be excessive and unreasonable, endured with extreme anxiety and stress.
Behavioural: The most obvious behavioural charateristic associated with phobias is avoidence. when the person is faced with situation/fear the individual will immediately try and avoid it. A person will ensure that they don`t encounter the phobias, this can impact on their day to day life.
Cognitve: these charateristics relate to thought processes, in regards to phobias it is the irrational nature of the individual thinking and there resistance to rational arguements
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