phobias

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Behavioural Characteristics
1.Panic - crying , screaming ,children freeze. 2. Avoidance as effort is made to avoid coming into contact with the feared stimulus. 3. Endurance - the sufferer feels high levels of anxiety when in contact with the feared stimulus but remains present
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Emotional Characteristics
1.Anxiety- prevents the sufferer from relaxing ( unpleasant arousal) 2. Unreasonable Response - disproportionate reaction to he danger posed.
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Cognitive Characteristics
1. Selective attention - the sufferer cannot move their attention away from the feared stimulus 2. Irrational Beliefs -cannot be persuaded by rational argument that their fear is unfounded. 3. Cognitive Distortions - Perception of phobia is disorted
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Name a behavioural characteristic of phobias
panic
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Name a cognitive characteristic of phobias
selective attention
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Name a behavioural characteristic of phobias
anxiety
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