Learning and Cognitive Theories of Social Phobia: Causation‚ Maintenance‚ and Treatment University Of Newcastle Social Phobia‚ also know as Social Anxiety Disorder‚ affects between 7 -13% of individuals in western society (Furmark‚ 2002). It usually presents during adolescences and is typically chronic and lifelong (Veale‚ 2003). Two theories have been commonly used to explain the development and maintenance of the phobia: learning theory and cognitive theory. Both
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Jade Weltchek Mr. Bacon English 2 4 March 13 Parents of the Time Back in the day‚ kids would play outside until the sun was set or their street lamp turned on. They would go out into the world and explore‚ make mud pies and find trees to climb‚ and yes this is still common‚ but a child’s imagination is limited with adults hovering over them at all times. Nowadays‚ parents have grown much more protective‚ not letting their children go out without any adult supervision. The children are as
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psychological evidence concerning the relationship between personality‚ stress and disease. Many psychologists believe that stress is a common cause of many illnesses‚ both physically and psychologically. So how does a person’s personality contribute to their levels of stress and thus make them a target for stress related illnesses such as coronary heart disease? This essay aims to look at definitions for stress and personality and see how the relationship between these can produce disease in the human
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Known as a mental disorder a phobia is a persistent fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that leads to compelling desire to avoid it. Phobias tend to affect the way people live their lives‚ for example‚ their working and social environments‚ considering that they last for a very long time and are capable to cause intense psychological physical stress. It is considered today the most common mental and anxiety disorder in the United States (Matig Mavissakalian & David H. Barlow 1981 pp
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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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research topic: anxiety levels Manju‚ Sudheesh‚ Steffi Knes 204 For: Jennie Bradford April 17.2013 Sports and performance anxiety often go hand-in-hand. Anxiety before or during athletic competitions can hinder your performance as an athlete. The coordinated movement required by athletic events becomes increasingly difficult when your body is in a tense state. A certain level of physical arousal is helpful and prepares us for competition. But when the physical symptoms of anxiety are too great
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Phobias are the most prominent mental illnesses found among children and adolescents‚ and often continue into adulthood. Five to twelve percent of Americans will experience a phobia in their lifetime‚ and most cases go untreated. While they are treatable‚ Phobias are considerably the most difficult form of anxiety to cure. The presence of a phobia induces intense fear‚ and leads to prolonged anxiety. They are typically more prominent among children‚ and commonly appear in the form of a "specific
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A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder defined by a persistent fear of a situation‚ object‚ feeling or animal. The phobia results in the onset of fear and is long term. The person with the phobia will try to avoid the situation or object at all costs. If these cannot be avoided this would cause significant distress. On some occasions with particular phobias to blood or injury this could cause fainting. Agoraphobia can be associated with panic attacks. It is usual for a person with phobias to fear
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INTRODUCTION Modern time is characterized by an era of tension‚ anxiety‚ frustration owing to cut throat competition and increasing consumerism. In this era explosion of population and changing dimensions have brought a rapid change in socio-economic scenario of human life. The mutual relationship‚ principles of co-existence and tolerance have got a major setback in the days. These short-coming infused isolation and feeling of insecurity‚ direct or indirect lack of reliable warmth overprotection
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How can people say dogs are cute and cuddly? They’re robust‚ agile and dangerous. Their teeth could rip through your skin as easy as a knife can slice through butter. I wouldn’t say that that’s cute and cuddly at all. Dogs have scared me ever since I can first remember‚ and yet my fear of them has got increasingly worse. No matter the size or shape‚ the simple fact is I’m absolutely terrified of ’man’s best friend’. I freeze on the spot‚ not one part of me can move. It feels as if someone has smeared
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