Claustrophobia Lorelie Gomez PSY/211 December 1st‚ 2012 Mrs. U’Lawnda Lewis Claustrophobia Claustrophobia is a fear or panic of being in a small space which involves emotional and physical reactions to triggering situations. This phobia could have developed in an individual either as a child being trapped in a small space playing a childhood game‚ or even as a young adult whom got stuck in an elevator. When these particular events happen‚ he or she accidently trap them self into a
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engages in avoidance or escape behavior- operant behavior. A phobia is when the level of anxiety or escape behavior is severe enough to disrupt the person’s life. fears/phobias result of classical conditioning (association)- ‘dog’ =dog bite = fear of all dogs operant conditioning ( fear responses are reinforced by other’s behavior or escape behavior) - scared of school = don’t have to go to school modeling (most common) - mum is
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1) Define Fear and Phobia Fear - An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous‚ likely to cause pain‚ or a threat. Phobia - An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something: "he had a phobia about being under water"; "a phobia of germs". 2) Give Examples of Phobias A Ailurophobia- Fear of cats. Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease. Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens. Algophobia- Fear of pain. Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic. B Bibliophobia-
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"If you would not be forgotten‚ as soon as you are dead and rotten‚ either write things worth reading‚ or do things worth the writing. " - Benjamin Franklin My greatest fear is dying without being remembered by the masses. Death is the end of the worldly journey for all. From birth to death‚ every human creates their own story. We build on this story daily until we pass away. For some people‚ this life story is a boring‚ lonely tale. But for others‚ this adventure is filled with emotions
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OVER COME ARACHNOPHOBIA Signpost. Blaine P. Friedlander‚ Jr. states there are two ways to cure arachnophobia‚ exposure‚ and education. A. Exposure therapy 1. Exposure therapy is one of the ways people with arachnophobia can overcome their phobia. Shayna Brouker stated that this exposure therapy consist of 3 things; education‚ touching the spider to show that the spider is more scared of you than it is of it‚ and talk therapy to change the way people react when their terror is triggered by
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older‚ a few may suffer badly from phobias. These are unreasonable fears‚ which send one’s body and mind into panic. Some of the common phobias are a fear of heights‚ spiders‚ and closed places‚ flying in planes‚ speaking in public‚ injections or blood. There are also endless uncommon phobias‚ including fear of running water‚ swallowing solid food and even going to the hairdresser’s. Everyone is mildly phobic about something‚ it is natural. But when your phobia spoils your life it’s time to do something
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(Queijo 1). Phobias are exaggerated‚ unjustified fears of everyday objects or situations (Phobias 1418). They are the number one mental health problem in the United States and affect about 19 million people sometime in their lives (Queijo 1). According to the last count there are around 530 known phobias‚ but new phobias appear every day‚ there are phobias for everything‚ as long as the object or action exists‚ there is sure to be someone with a phobia of it. There are three major types of phobias that
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Phobia’s with classical conditioning‚ a phobia can be developed in a classical conditioning when you produce a fear tactic with it. Like for example when I was 12 years of age my cousin’s always had me with the fear of pushing me in a huge pool of water knowing that I was feared of a lot water. They finally got the chance to sneak up on me to push me.‚ that’s seem like the worse day of my life. At that time I just knew I was going to drown. All I could remember is someone pulling me up from
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personal phobia. A phobia is a fear of something‚ like snakes‚ spiders and blood. The fear of blood is also known as hemophobia. While reviewing this phobia there were a couple of things that stood out‚ and seemed more interesting to me. Including the symptoms‚ causes and consequences that hemophobia contains. Some may find the fear of blood to be irrational‚ others may find it as a reminder of a tragic event that had happened which causes the fear to become a phobia. As many phobias root from
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population. Among the most common are Phobias. The term phobia means “fear of”. Acrophobia the fear of heights‚ being a phobia that I myself can relate to I decided to make that to focus of this paper. Phobias if not taken seriously can put tremendous strain on your body and mind. Antonio Monroe Psych Final Paper 4/23/2012 Acrophobia There are literally thousands of different types of Psychological disorders among the most common are phobias. Phobia is the suffix meaning “Fear of”. Acrophobia
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