Trypanophobia: The Irrational Fear of Injections Kaleb Johnson IB Psychology Phobia Paper Word Count: 1565 Trypanophobia is the irrational fear of injections‚ commonly referred to as needle phobia. It is approximated that roughly 10% of all americans suffer from this particular phobia. When suffering from trypanophobia the thought of receiving medical treatment that involves injections cause extreme anxiety. Unlike most phobias trypanophobia frequently causes a drop in blood pressure and heart rate that could lead to fainting
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Explaining Phobia Paper Stacy R. Lee University of Phoenix-Online November 26‚ 2012 In this paper the principles of operational‚ classical‚ and observational learning theories will be discussed as those theories pertain to the Case Study of Little Hans. I will review Sigmund Freud’s case study of Little Hans‚ the child that developed a fear of horses‚ and relate how this case is explained by the above mentioned theories. I will also discuss this case from the psychoanalytic perspective.
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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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Jessy Arroliga 9:00AM 10/26/12 Informative speech Topic: Panic Attacks General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates about Panic Attacks. Central Idea: I want to inform my classmates about what a Panic Attack is‚ what triggers a Panic Attack and what are the symptoms of a Panic Attack. INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: Have any of you ever been scared of going on a roller coaster or going into a hunted maze? Did you know that you are prone to a Panic attack?
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Niccolo Ammaniti demonstrates in his popular novel‚ ’I’m Not Scared’‚ the role fear plays in people’s lives and their respective decisions. He discusses how fear is able to manipulate key character’s moral instincts and distort their interpretations of what is right. Fear is shown to be an extremely powerful underlying contributor to many of the situations that the characters find themselves in and the paths they chose to follow. Teresa‚ Pino and all the other adults of Aqua Traverse perfectly
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In the daily lifetime‚ there is great deal of fears which are existing inside everyone. Maybe the fear of something unreal or mentally mysterious like ghost‚ demon‚ evil forces‚ characters‚ height‚ darkness... or even something substantial such as the fear of spiders‚ of snakes‚ rats‚ dogs‚ mosquitoes‚ monkeys or even scared of himself . I have some‚ you have some‚ he has some‚ she has some ‚everyone has some ! We all have fears‚ they are obviously different and individual. To me‚ i have a lot of
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Shaylee Ewing AP English May 2‚ 2014 A Barred Owl/ The History Teacher The poems A Barred Owl by Richard Wilbur and The History Teacher by Billy Collins are two deeply contrasting pieces that share a common basic idea. These authors introduced two differing approaches on adults’ attempts on how to calm a child’s curiosity and illegitimate fears. While Wilbur uses rhyme and juxtapositions soothe the sleeping child out of her fears by “domesticat[ing]” them‚ Collins offers under-played false information
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Fear is something all humans share. This unity of having fear connects all of us together‚ along with many other things. Fears themselves are not universal‚ and every human may have different fears. In the novel 1984 written by George Orwell many common fears are brought into perspective‚ many of which I can say I fear myself. While the question asked for the implications of the ending‚ for me to fully understand the ending I must start from the beginning. The concern about the truth of history
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The world is unsettled. There seems to be continuous conflict at every turn. The feeling of being unsettled creates fear. The greatest levels of fear in the short-run come when one does not feel assured of one’s safety and one’s family’s safety. The fear of the unknown is the most tangible fear for the long-term‚ that is‚ the feeling of terror of what lies ahead. Everyone wants freedom from fear‚ particularly the fear of the unknown and the feeling of one’s lack of safety. Unfortunately‚ with a continuous
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One of my greatest fear’s are spiders and snakes‚ because I think they’re so gross with their eight creepy crawling legs and their big eyes and slithery bodies. When my mom or I see a spider you better be out of our way because we are deathly afraid of them. In Texas there are spiders that can kill you if you don’t make it to the hospital fast enough. They are called Black Widow’s. What’s bad about Spider’s living in Texas is that my dad (Keith) ‚ my older brother (Cole) ‚ my step mom (Janice)‚ and
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