CBT has been studied as a treatment for specific phobia (Craske & Rowe‚ 1997) either alone (Booth & Rachman‚ 1992; de Jongh et al.‚ 1995; O’Donahue & Szymanski‚ 1993) or in combination with exposure-based treatments (Kamphuis &Telch‚ 2000; Koch‚ Spates‚& Himle‚ 2004). In CBT‚ patients are taught to identify and alter their fears that maintain the phobic reaction‚ and the CBT techniques used to accomplish this include cognitive restructuring (de Jongh et al.‚ 1995) and guided threat reappraisal (Kamphuis
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Your best friend suffers from a phobia of buttons. Describe the symptoms that he/she displays in the presence of buttons‚ suggest possible causes for the phobia‚ and outline potential treatments. Irrational fears come in all sorts of shapes and sizes‚ from the peculiar to the seemingly absurd. These phobias can take a hold of a person’s life and create barriers preventing them from achieving their goals and hold them back a great deal not to mention the self loathing that may occur as a person
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Classical Conditioning- AKA Respondant Conditioning AKA Partisan Conditioning -discovered by Ivan Pavlov (1904) -dog with meat powder and salivation -demonstrated empirically by John Watson (1920) -Little Albert and the white rat stimulus- an agent that may illicit a response response- a behavior that results from a stimulus neutral stimulus- a stimulus that does not automatically trigger a certain response in almost everyone -doesn’t provoke a response from anyone
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specific phobias are types of anxiety disorders caused by an excessive and persistent fear due to the presence or anticipation of a certain object or situation (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2013). Specific phobias are considered to fall under the category of anxiety disorders due to the severe anxiety and distress that one experiences from their extreme fear. Symptoms vary depending on the type of phobia that exists‚ but fears generally last 6 months before they are considered to be a phobia. Various
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Reprinted in the Best American Science Writing 2004‚ edited by Dava Sobel. HarperCollins‚ 2004) On Explaining Science 1. The question is not "should" you explain a concept or process‚ but "how" can you do so in a way that is clear and so readable that it is simply part of the story? 2. Use explanatory strategies such as . . . - Active-voice verbs
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Specific phobia may also occur on people who suffer from a particular condition. If a person has biological relatives‚ there are possibilities that they will also suffer from developing phobia as well. In the genetic factors of a phobia‚ according to National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI)‚ women are more likely have a higher rate of social phobia. Some result has been reported with many investigations even in controlling the gender in various studies. The biological factor of phobia is not much
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unbearable; that’s when they become phobias. A phobia is defined as an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations. Phobias are a common form of anxiety disorders. Anyone can suffer from a phobia; they can derive from childhood tragedy and many other situations. Psychologists and psychiatrists usually put phobias into three categories. The three classes are: social phobia‚ specific phobia‚ and agoraphobia. Social phobias involve a fear of other people
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Phobias: The 5 Most Common Phobias Phobia is defined as a persistent‚ unusual‚ and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation. Traumatic actions are usually what cause the phobia to develop. Many people tend to keep away from their fear and never find a way to face it. There are many phobias that people live with in this world‚ but the most common are social phobia‚ claustrophobia‚ mysophobia‚ ophidiophobia‚ and arachnophobia. The fear of social situations can become severe when starting
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Button phobia‚ also known as koumpounophobia‚ refers to the fear of buttons‚ which is surprisingly very common. Since button phobia is a kind of anxiety disorder‚ it is treated by psychotherapy and hypnotherapy. Research has revealed that pharmacological treatment is not a choice for button phobia‚ but only psychological therapy is mandatory and effective. Some of the common methods of treatment for button phobia are directive psychotherapy‚ psychodynamic therapy‚ hypnotherapy and neurolinguistic
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Individual Assignment: Phobias and Addiction Paper Classical conditioning and operant conditioning both involve the learning process. Through classical conditioning a subject will learn to respond to a stimulus such as a light or bell before food is given. In operant conditioning a subject will learn by a response given off from its environment such as hitting a button or lever accidentally resulting in a positive reinforcement‚ food given‚ and a higher chance that the action will happen again
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