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    Decision Making

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    Assigment No.1 1.“Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.” Enlightenment means learning. Responsibility means the ability to act or decide on one’s own‚ without supervision. To go over‚ the main point with the statement above tells us that “Learning every aspect of your life is achieved by deciding things on your own.” A self-growth directed person is a person who knows how to choose between two things and solve problems or situations based on his own understanding. A self-growth

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    water. They were believed to be the cause of the Bubonic Plague (though in reality rat-fleas were in fact the true culprits). This misplaced fear has been passed down since the 10th Century. [pic] Arachnophobia is one of the most common phobias. Persons who suffer from severe arachnophobia can experience a wide variety of symptoms. The worst among them is uncontrollable anxiety when especially when the object or situation is actually encountered. In severe cases the symptoms can

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    Arachnophobia A phobia is an irrational‚ persistent fear of things or situations. The source of the fear can create a strong anxiety reaction such as sweating‚ heart palpitations‚ or trouble breathing. After a while‚ just thinking or seeing the cause of the fear can provoke anxiety. Many people have mild phobias that do not need treatment‚ but some people’s phobias interfere with their lives and require treatment. "Arachnophobia" comes from the Greek words‚ "arachne"‚ meaning "spider"‚ and "phobos"

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    Social Phobia

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    Social Phobia Approximately 13.3 percent of the population experiences a form of social phobia at some point in their lives. Social phobia is any fear associated with situations that you are subject to criticism by others. Eating‚ public speaking‚ or even walking in a public place can be devastating and bring on such reactions as headaches or stomachaches to more severe symptoms of panic attacks and dysphoria. Although adolescent girls are expected to show more withdrawn behavior than adolescent

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    I have always been afraid of snakes. I have been suffering from this phobia for as long as I could remember ‚and it never really went away ‚because some phobias cannot. For instance Martin ‚who suffers from claustrophobia‚paranoia‚ and is intimidated by his own father. In the elevator ‚William Sleator writes about a young boy named Martin who suffers from many phobias once he moves into a new apartment with his father. The apartments are old and damaged ‚and off the bat ‚do not feel safe to Martin

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    Hemophobia

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    other hand is future-oriented‚ wherein one anticipates the possibility of a threat impending danger. According to her‚ Genetic factors are also considered as causes of phobia though not seen as the sole cause. For‚ family members often share learning experiences and other environmental factors that patient with social phobia describe their parents as having: 1) discouraged them from socializing; 2) placed undue importance on the opinions of others; 3) used shame as a mans of discipline. Rachman’s

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    My Ophidiophobia

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    I’ve never had a time in my life when I was not afraid of snakes. To me there is nothing more freighting than this crawling‚ scaly‚ unblinking reptile that man has abhorred since the beginning of time. The subfield that is primarily connected with phobia is psychoanalytical psychology‚ behavioral psychology and neuropsychology. According to our text‚ Psychoanalysis is a method of therapy based on Freud’s theory of personality‚ in which the therapist attempts to bring repressed unconscious material

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    all the sudden I saw a giant‚hairy wolf spider! I ran to my brothers and parents and told them what had seen‚ but when we got there it was gone. Many people have a horrible fear of spiders or arachnophobia. Arachnophobia is a very simple and common phobia and‚ in my opinion‚ is very obnoxious. A person with a very bad arachnophobia could freak out or faint in a very stressful situation. Through scientific studies they found out that 50 percent of women and 18 percent of men have arachnophobia. Mostly

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    Phobia and Addictions

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    Phobias and Addictions Chris Miller PSY/300 April 7‚ 2013 Dr. Pamela Allen Just as basic behaviors are developed through operant and classical conditioning‚ so are addictions and phobias. Establishing the differences of classical conditioning‚ operant conditioning‚ how phobias and addictions are related‚ and the following extinctions of both conditions are what will be discussed. Phobias and

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    Cyberphobia

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    What is Cyberphobia? Defined as "a persistent‚ abnormal‚ and unwarranted fear of computers or working on a computer"‚ each year this surprisingly common phobia causes countless people needless distress. To add insult to an already distressing condition‚ most cyberphobia therapies take months or years and sometimes even require the patient to be exposed repeatedly to their fear. We believe that not only is this totally unnecessary‚ it will often make the condition worse. And it is particularly

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