Describe and evaluate behavioural treatments for phobias? (10 marks) The behavioural treatments for anxiety disorders such as phobias aim to extinguish the association between the anxiety provoking situations and the patient’s responses to it. This is done in treatment methods such systematic desensitisation and flooding. Within these treatments classical conditioning is used to change your behaviour by associating undesirable behaviour with something unpleasant or associating desirable behaviours
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Passing Down Values and Traditions In the mid-nineteenth century a girl named Ni-bo-wi-se-gwe (Oona) was born in pitch darkness in the middle of the day when the sun and moon crossed paths. The book Night Flying Woman by Ignatia Broker is biography of Broker’s great-great-grandmother‚ Oona. It describes Oona’s life through what Broker has learned from her grandparents when they passed down the stories. In the book‚ one of the main themes is passing traditions on. I chose this theme because in the
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Night Flying Woman Reflection As Americans of the 21st century it is hard for us to relate to the tough struggles that our ancestors dealt with. In the book Night Flying Woman by Ignatia Broker‚ the story of a young girl facing intrusion on her homeland is told. The book is told through the eyes of Oona‚ who describes for us the long journey to a new home. I thought this book was great because it allowed for children of younger generations to be able to relate to such a troublesome story‚
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explanation of phobias Genetic factors One biological explanation for the cause of phobic disorders suggests that we can relate it back to our genetics. This theory values the ‘nature’ side in the nature vs nurture debate. This theory uses twin studies to try and separate genetic factors from environmental factors in order to draw a causal conclusion between genetics and phobias. If a closer concordance rate was found between MZ and DZ twins we could suggest a genetic inheritance for the phobia. Kindler
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you should fear is fear itself.” Well‚ that and many other things. I found myself itinerating around the campus of Niagara County Community College on March 14th‚ 2016 curious how realistic fears play a part in our daily life. Let me make this clear‚ it was very difficult discovering what type of questions to ask and how one would portray them. The questions I asked were: “What comes to your mind when you hear the word fear‚ What’s your most realistic fear‚ One word to describe this fear‚ and how this
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Alex N EIV AP p.1 The worst kind of fear is the fear of the unknown. The fear of not knowing. When you turn around‚ but there is nothing there. When you feel like you are being watched‚ but there’s nothing there. When you hear your name called out‚ but you are alone. That is the essence of fear. There are creatures‚ monsters‚ that feed off this fear. They incite doubt to feed‚ worry to drink‚ and fear to grow. Monsters live off of fear‚ like a parasite feeding‚ it eats and eats taking away hope
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Hudson‚ NH) According to WebMD‚ approximately 9 to 20 percent of Americans avoid visiting a dentist as they suffer from fear or anxiety‚ and this is a problem seen across the globe. Dental phobia affects many and leaves them terrified and panic-stricken. Although these individuals understand their fear isn’t rational‚ they struggle to overcome it and typically only visit a dentist in extreme circumstances. Thankfully‚ as dentist Dr Robert T Christ explains‚ therapy can help
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Blushing and Physiological Arousability in Social Phobia Introduction This paper will provide a critique of the article titled "Blushing and Physiological Arousability in Social Phobia‚" (Gerlach et al.‚ 2001) located in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology (Vol. 110‚ No. 2). Blushing is defined as: "to become red in the face especially from shame or embarrassment. " It is believed that blushing involves physiological‚ behavioral‚ and cognitive factors which react with one another. The actual
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English 11 Unit 1- The Essay In the short story With All Flags Flying there are many symbols that represent the aging and elderly. Mr. Carpenter is the protagonist and the main symbol of the short story. He symbolizes most aging people and voices what their notions are towards aging. The people he interacts with throughout the story are also distinguished symbols of their own. As well with many objects he uses or happens to come across. Mr. Carpenter symbolizes most aging and elderly
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From the famous “The Flying Geese Paradigm (FGP)” model‚ we know that the world economic pattern has been shifting from the developed countries to the developing countries and this phenomenon was prevalent in the history of industrialization and development. In this present time of Globalization‚ this has become more vivid and frequent as this time has also been witnessing the emergence of Regionalization in case of international economic cooperation in which trade and investment plays a vital role
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