The lesson they probably internalized was "if it is unfamiliar‚ it may pose a threat. Only trust the things you know." To follow‚ the phenomenon of fear induced by ignorance can be easily observed both in individuals and as a social mechanism. The prejudices and phobias‚ such as xenophobia‚ homophobia or fear of injections‚ are more often than not caused by our lack of knowledge and experience. As a fact‚ people who were raised in a multicultural society do not feel uneasy in the presence of the
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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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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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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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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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have a fear of public speaking. A fear that has landed me in this same college course for a 3rd time. Now we all know that public speaking is an essential trait to have in any business‚ yet some people‚ like me‚ still have trouble getting over this phobia. "Some studies have shown that fear of public speaking ranks up there with the fear of death" (Hildy Gottlieb‚2004). The second reason would be a conversation I had with my mom a week back. Now my mom is in school studying for her bachelors
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always get loose whenever he wasn’t at home. So we couldn’t go outside or do anything fun. For example‚ one day we miss school one morning because the dog was loose and my sister and I was afraid it would attack us. A fear of mines that I think is a phobia is Arachnophobia and Astraphobia. The fear of spiders and lightning. I really don’t remember how I develop these fears‚ but every time I see a spider I run the opposite direction. When it lightning I do not go outside or in a room with lots of windows
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Eisoptrophobia There are many types of phobias but here is one that will surprise you‚ eisoptrophobia. To start you are wondering what is eisoptrophobia‚ well I wondered the same thing it is “Fear of mirrors” (Fear not‚ 2001‚ 52). How crazy is that why would you be scared of mirrors. It would make since if you were extremely ugly and did not want to see your self because of it but that would not make you scared. Next‚ another reason why you could be scared of mirrors is a superstition
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6.3 Levels of response to fear and anxiety Scott and Kirschman state that 8-15% of the population has a phobia of dental treatments and the dental office. However‚ the other 85-90% still exhibit fear and anxiety before or during a dental visit although they are not phobic. The levels of response to fear and anxiety are different in normal and abnormal patients. Normal Patients There are 3 levels of response to fear and anxiety among normal patients. 1. Intellectual level of response In this case
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