Part 1. Phobia 1.1 Meaning of phobia. A phobia (from the Greek: φόβος‚ phóbos‚ meaning "fear" or "morbid fear") is an intense and persistent fear of certain situations‚ activities‚ things‚ animals‚ or people. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared stimulus. When the fear is beyond one’s control‚ and if the fear is interfering with daily life‚ then a diagnosis under one of the anxiety disorders can be made. This is caused by what are called
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removal as it could worsen their so-called anxiety phobia. Causes of trypophobia Though the actual cause of this strange condition is not yet known‚ it is believed that this condition occurs right from early childhood and proceeds into the teenage years‚ slowly wearing away. The condition arises as a result of certain external and internal predispositions‚ or possibly some traumatic event in the earlier stage of life‚ just like many other phobias.
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Fears: 1. Psychologists consider a phobia to be an irrational fear‚ meaning it is a fear reaction that is out of proportion to the reality of the danger. This differentiates itself from a normal fear reaction because the apprehension felt towards something alarming is to a real danger. 2. According to the Freudian concept of psychoanalysis‚ phobias are believed to originate from childhood traumas. This perspective also supports the idea that phobias may be replacing other hidden fear or
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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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