Health Site presented by Pegasus NLP‚ a phobia is classified as an irrational fear of something. Meaning there is no logical explanation as to why a person fears this. A phobia is not a mental disorder‚ nor is it an illness. It is simply a severe feeling of being afraid. There are five types of phobias including: A simple phobia‚ social phobias‚ panic phobias‚ and agoraphobias. Simple phobias are small fears that include heights‚ ladders‚ dogs etc. Complex phobias include being afraid of airplanes‚ car
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Jaramillo PSY/211 May 7‚ 2013 Monica Guana Comparing Classical and Operant Conditioning I will be comparing classical and 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
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26-year-old married woman. She is an elder sister to two of her younger brothers. Both of Debra’s parents loved and cared for all children although Debra’s mother was rather an anxious and somewhat depressed person and also suffers from specific phobias‚ like the fear of spiders and snakes. Debra’s father is not one to show affection very often as he demands for good performance‚ in both academic and social areas‚ and a lack of performance usually meant some form of direct punishment as well as emotional
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is? This phobia is called trypanophobia. I know that this phobia is caused by past experiences‚ and I know some of the symptoms can range from crying‚ to becoming extremely aggressive towards practitioners. I also know that no one enjoys injections or any procedure that requires a needle‚ but most people at least tolerate it. Is the only way to have this phobia through experience‚ or are their other ways? This paper will go over‚ its effects on people and the different types of this phobia. I will
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How to overcome a fear Everyone have fears and phobias‚ and sometimes it is really difficult to overcome these. Fears and phobias are not hereditary; they are acquired throughout life by the association of scary experience with an object or situation particular. Also‚ they can be purchased to avoid confront a feared object or situation. Happily‚ there exist some steps to overcome these fears and phobias. The first step is identified and assumes that you have a fear. It is easier when you define
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Discuss issues of reliability and validity associated with the classification and diagnosis of phobic disorders (24 marks) The biological explanation for the acquisition of phobic disorders establishes that phobias are caused by genetics‚ innate influences and the principles of biochemistry. This theory recognizes that an oversensitive fear response may be inherited‚ causing abnormal levels of anxiety. This is illustrated in the basis of inheritance‚ particularly the adrenergic theory that convicts
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discuss the symptoms of four types of psychological disorders (1.1) identify and evaluate key research in the study of these psychological disorders (2.1) Atypical Disorders - Psychological Disorders Within this essay i will be looking into four different types of psychological disorders and i will be looking into the credible research around each‚ exploring the different views that esteemed psychologists have expressed towards phobic disorder within anxiety disorders‚ mood disorders and obssessive
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disease will stop the anxiety. Anxiety illnesses affect more than 23 million Americans with about 10 million Americans suffering from the most common‚ general anxiety disorder . (Harvard‚ 1). Common anxiety disorders are panic attacks (panic disorder)‚ phobias‚ and general anxiety disorder (GAD). Panic attacks Panic attacks can begin with a feeling of intense terror followed by physical symptoms of anxiety. A panic attack is characterized by unpredictable attacks of severe anxiety with symptoms not related
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broken up into three categories; simple phobias‚ social phobias‚ and agoraphobia. 1 McGowan 2 Simple phobias are an inappropriately intense reaction triggered by a single stimulus. Almost everyone has met someone with one of these phobias; they range from being afraid of closed spaces (claustrophobia) to being afraid of snakes (ophidiphobia). The most common phobias are of specific animals and insects and of the natural elements. A person with a simple phobia can react by experiencing mild anxiety
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interference in a person’s ability to lead a normal life. There are numerous types of anxiety disorders that are distinguished by severe anxiety‚ such as generalized anxiety‚ panic disorder‚ phobias‚ and social anxiety disorder (Wood‚ Wood‚ Boyd‚ & Desmarais‚ 2011‚ p. 362). Generalized Anxiety
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