A Phobic Person may panic in the response to the presence of the phobic stimulus. (crying,running away/freezing,clinging)
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Avoidance
A phobic person will tend to go to a lot of effort to avoid coming in contact with the phobic stimulus, making it hard to go about daily life.
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Endurance
Remaining in the presence of the phobic stimulus but continuing to experience high levels of anxiety.
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(Emotional)
The way in which a person feels.
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Anxiety
Preventing the sufferer to be relaxed, preventing positive emotion, it is immediate and unpleasant.
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Unreasonable Emotional Response
Anxiety is an unreasonable response because it is usually disproportionate to the danger actually posed.
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(Cognitive)
The Process of thinking- Knowing, perceiving, believing.
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Selective Attention
If the sufferer can see the phobic stimulus it will be difficult for them to look away, this isn't a useful response if the fear is irrational.
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Irrational Beliefs
A phobic person may hold irrational beliefs in relation to the phobic stimuli, for example, "if i see a spider it will kill me".
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Cognitive Distortions
The persons perceptions of the phobic stimulus may be distorted, for example, someone with a fear of snakes may perceive them as aggressive and alien looking.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
A Phobic Person may panic in the response to the presence of the phobic stimulus. (crying,running away/freezing,clinging)
Back
Panic
Card 3
Front
A phobic person will tend to go to a lot of effort to avoid coming in contact with the phobic stimulus, making it hard to go about daily life.
Back
Card 4
Front
Remaining in the presence of the phobic stimulus but continuing to experience high levels of anxiety.
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