Phobia Acrophobia is well known as a fear of heights‚ and many experts keep focusing on studying and finding the causes‚ symptoms‚ and treatments for the best and most effective solution of this phobia. Acrophobia is derived from Greek; acro means “high” and phobia means “fears”. Acrophobia is characterized “by marked anxiety upon exposure of heights‚ by avoidance of heights‚ and by interference in functioning as a result of this fear” (Ibrahim‚ "Virtual Reality Approach in Acrophobia Treatment")
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PRESENTATION PREPARATION OUTLINE ACROPHOBIA Student’s Name : MOHD ZASHARUL ASRAF BIN MOHD JUSOH Faculty /Group : IM225 5A Lecture’s Name : MADAM FARIDAH JAA’FAR Title : ACROPHOBIA (FEAR OF HEIGHTS) Order : Topical Order General Purpose : To inform Specific purpose : To inform my audience what is acrophobia‚ the symptoms of acrophobia‚ the treatments and cure for acrophobia and how to overcome the acrophobia. Central idea : The fear of heights caused by
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being or speaking in public‚ snakes‚ spiders‚ dogs‚ clowns‚ or open spaces. Acrophobia is an informal learning experience of being afraid of heights. This type of phobia belongs to a specific classification of phobias known as space and motion discomfort. Acrophobia can be dangerous‚ as victims can suffer an anxiety attack in a high place and become too anxious to get down cautiously. I suffer from a severe degree of acrophobia that prevents me from renting an apartment on any floor other than the ground
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in or are in currently. One of the most common phobias is having a fear of heights‚ also called Acrophobia. Acrophobia is often mislabeled as vertigo. Researchers have said that “those with an extreme fear of heights‚ that the stronger their fear is‚ the bigger the error could be (Callaway‚ 2009). The fear of heights in different learning perspectives Someone that is truly associated with acrophobia can go into panic mode when having to face that fear‚ normally right away their first thought
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1958. This film is an Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece‚ this is truly my opinion. The main characters where: James Stewart who played John “Scottie” Ferguson‚ the protagonist detective with the police department whom has retired early because of his acrophobia; and Kim Novack the antagonist who plays Madeline Elster the wife of Gavin Elster who hire’s Scottie to follow his wife. Gavin believes that his wife may be possessed by her great grandmother Carlotta. Then there is Barbara Bel Geddes who plays
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the cry of a baby‚ a moan of an animal and potential breach or collapse in the structure of a building. Fear as a medical condition such as acrophobia and arachnophobia are unrealistic fears learned in one’s life that can be remedied through professional therapy and/or medications. Acrophobia is an extreme fear of heights. My mother developed her acrophobia when she fell out of a tree as a small child‚ causing her an extreme amount of injury. The damage sustained from that experience grew to the
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In the world there are a lot of people are afraid of a specific thing ‚and that maybe related to a hard situation is sticking in their mind from the childhood .This is called phobia and it can divide in to those types. Agoraphobia is a fear of places or situations that you can’t escape from. The word itself refers to “fear of open spaces.” People with agoraphobia fear being in large crowds or trapped outside the home. They often avoid social situations altogether and stay in their homes . Many
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operant conditioning by explaining fear of heights. Fear of heights is known as Acrophobia. The phobia part does not occur until a person is in an environment that most people would be relatively fine in‚ such as attending a theme park or being in a building such as a sky scraper for example. Most of the time when treating someone with acrophobia therapists will use graded exposure therapy. Any fear starts by learning‚ so if a
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finds himself tangled in a web of deceit and the blood of his partners on his hands. A similar misfortune had befallen James Stewart’s character detective John "Scottie" Ferguson in the movie Vertigo. He was a retired police detective suffering from acrophobia who is hired as a private investigator to follow the wife of an acquaintance to uncover the mystery of her peculiar behavior. This sense of hopelessness is essentially the main driving force behind these successful film noir movies because of the
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environments that they can be casted into. Firemen are supposed to be a certain height and weight to fit the requirements and they needed to have 20/20 vision. I also knew that phobias‚ such as pyrophobia‚ acrophobia‚ or claustrophobia couldn’t exist. Pyrophobia is the fear of fire‚ acrophobia is the irrational fear of heights‚ and claustrophobia is the fear of confined spaces. They require a normal color vision‚ have a valid driver’s license‚ speak distinctly and be physically
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