Phobias and Addictions Briana Lee PSYC/300 June 14‚ 2011 Kaisa Freeman Phobias and Addictions Two emotional difficulties that learning theorists can account for are phobias and addictions. Through the use of both operant and classical conditioning‚ theorist may one day be able to understand phobias and addictions and guide sufferers to a place of better mental health. At the moment‚ theorists believe that sufferers are at the point of making irrational choices. Theorists hope is that
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Jade Weltchek Mr. Bacon English 2 4 March 13 Parents of the Time Back in the day‚ kids would play outside until the sun was set or their street lamp turned on. They would go out into the world and explore‚ make mud pies and find trees to climb‚ and yes this is still common‚ but a child’s imagination is limited with adults hovering over them at all times. Nowadays‚ parents have grown much more protective‚ not letting their children go out without any adult supervision. The children are as
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Phobias and Addiction Rachael Thomas PSY/300 January 26‚ 2014 Professor Chung Phobias and Addiction Webster Dictionary defines phobia as “a persistent‚ irrational fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that leads to compelling desire to avoid it” ("PHOBIA‚" n.d) Whereas Addiction is defined as “the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or something that is psychologically or physical habit-forming‚ as narcotics‚ to such extent its cessation causes severe trauma” ("addiciton‚"
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Admirable Love Love Phobia is a Korean film directed by Kang Ji-Eun. The story follows 2 young individuals who developed a unique friendship which sparked into something more as they grew older. The kids were very much enjoying each other’s company even though Ari keeps making up things up – things that clearly are just in her imagination. What’s funny is that Jo-Kang allows himself to believe in her he ends up being charmed by Ari’s uniqueness. I actually find it cute how Jo-Kang follows Ari around
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objects or situations. Specific phobias are very common. Most cases are mild and not significant enough to require treatment. The most common specific phobias are fear of animals (usually spiders‚ snakes‚ or mice)‚ flying (pterygophobia)‚ heights (acrophobia)‚ water‚ injections‚ public transportation‚ confined spaces (claustrophobia)‚ dentists (odontiatophobia)‚ storms‚ tunnels‚ and bridges. When confronting the object or situation‚ the phobic person experiences panicky feelings‚ sweating‚ avoidance
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Why are phobias more common in women then mean? According to several sources women are more likely to have phobias then men. They say women have a great chance to have phobias because of many different reasons like hormones. According to psychcentral.com “hormonal and biological factors as well as differences in experiences that may account for the disparities.” In making this comment psychcentral.com argues that the reason why phobias are more common in women is because of hormones and biological
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Known as a mental disorder a phobia is a persistent fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that leads to compelling desire to avoid it. Phobias tend to affect the way people live their lives‚ for example‚ their working and social environments‚ considering that they last for a very long time and are capable to cause intense psychological physical stress. It is considered today the most common mental and anxiety disorder in the United States (Matig Mavissakalian & David H. Barlow 1981 pp
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Freud and phobias. Freud is one of the most familiar psychoanalysts. How did Freud influence the study of psychology? How did he analyze phobias? How are phobias acquired? How are phobias treated today? Research was conducted using books and electronic sources. Sigmund Freud is one of the best known psychoanalysts. He had very radical ideas for his time. Freud is associated with the idea that psychological problems stem from sexual desire. Freud even hypothesized that phobias are a result
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Learning and Cognitive Theories of Social Phobia: Causation‚ Maintenance‚ and Treatment University Of Newcastle Social Phobia‚ also know as Social Anxiety Disorder‚ affects between 7 -13% of individuals in western society (Furmark‚ 2002). It usually presents during adolescences and is typically chronic and lifelong (Veale‚ 2003). Two theories have been commonly used to explain the development and maintenance of the phobia: learning theory and cognitive theory. Both
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