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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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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thing we have to fear is fear itself" -Franklin Roosevelt What is fear? is it the unconscious barrier that limits our thoughts‚ our desires? Perhaps it’s the minds way of preventing itself from doing something irrational. However‚ fear is irrational. It can only control you as long as your mind is incapable of rationalizing and realizing that it does not exist- and is only a figment of our imaginations. Fear molds our reality‚ limiting and constructing it to fears own will‚ and demanding
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Phobias and Addictions Through Conditioning Kristie Daniel PSY/300 April 4‚ 2011 Gerry Ann Juchniewicz Phobias and Addictions Through Conditioning Conditioning can be used to develop or eliminate emotional difficulties in subjects. There are two types of conditioning that can and have been distinguished between. These two types are classified as operant and classical. Phobias can and have been purposely developed by using classical conditioning in subjects using fear tactics. Addictions can
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the world is born with two fears‚ loud noises and falling. The rest of our fears are learned throughout one’s life. We all have fears; spiders‚ the dark or even bridges. When those fears become debilitating‚ haunting and 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
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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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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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specific phobia and most undergo a treatment. The most common phobia today would be anachrophobia‚ or the fear of spiders. There are many ways to treat a phobia. The psychologists and psychiatrists in the United States all use many different approaches to treating a phobia; but there are two main treatments that they would use. They both have high success rates and both are still a very modern way to treat many of today’s patients. The primary treatments in the United States to treat phobias would be
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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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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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