experience fear. Even animals experience it. One kind of fear is phobia. It is an intense type of fear. Phobias are improper feeling of fear or anxiety which is triggered because of being exposed to a particular item or situation. Individuals suffering from some kind of phobia have got a great wish to stay away from whatever thing or situation that causes them to feel the fear or anxiety. In this research paper‚ you will learn more about phobias. Our research paper consists of information and data that
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1. Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing. 2. Acerophobia- Fear of sourness. 3. Acousticophobia- Fear of noise. 4. Acrophobia- Fear of heights. 5. Agateophobia- Fear of insanity. 6. Agliophobia- Fear of pain. 7. Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals. 8. Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street. 9. Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects. 10. Ailurophobia- Fear of cats. 11. Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens. 12. Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic
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day to day life and create anxiety. This is called a phobia. Phobias are said to affect 11% of the Australian population. Fears vs. Phobias Fear is a natural response that humans‚ and in fact most animals‚ have. Its purpose is to activate our ‘fight or flight’ response system in case of danger. A phobia is a persistent‚ overwhelming and exaggerated fear of an object or situation that can affect your ability
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fear and phobias a) What is phobia b) Difference of fear and phobia c) Part of the brain which is responsible for fear and phobia d) Classification of phobia Specific phobia- meaning Blood injury injection phobia Situational phobia Natural environment phobia Animal phobia Causes Symptoms Treatment Social phobia – meaning Causes Symptoms Treatment Agoraphobia – meaning Causes Symptoms Treatment e) Examples III Conclusion IV Bibliography Phobia A phobia is an
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specific phobia. Phobias affect people on an everyday basis‚ and there are many different types of Phobias. Specific Phobias are described as “an intense‚ irrational fear of specific objects‚ activities‚ or situations” (Coon). Specific Phobias can be the fear of situations‚ animals‚ natural environments‚ blood-injection-injuries‚ or other things such as loud noises or clowns. These fears are often recognized as unusual because the fears are blown out of proportion. People with specific phobias feel
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Phobias and Addictions Through Conditioning Kristie Daniel PSY/300 April 4‚ 2011 Gerry Ann Juchniewicz Phobias and Addictions Through Conditioning Conditioning can be used to develop or eliminate emotional difficulties in subjects. There are two types of conditioning that can and have been distinguished between. These two types are classified as operant and classical. Phobias can and have been purposely developed by using classical conditioning in subjects using fear tactics. Addictions can
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Phobias and Addictions Billie Jo Allen PSY/300 December 05‚ 2012 How do people develop a phobia or an addiction? This is a question that many people ask‚ even people who are facing these problems personally. Phobias and addictions are behaviors learned through conditioning. They are not something that a person is just born with‚ it is taught. There are two types of conditioning that is linked to these two common problems; classic conditioning
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1 Clown Phobia (Coulrophobia) Mary Jane Oakley SOCL215-1202B-22/Colorado Technical University Instructor: Joelouie Genus May 23‚ 2012 Phase 1 DB 2 After conducting the interviewing process in Clown Phobia‚ I found it to be very interesting in the answers that I have received. The person that I interviewed that was under the age of 40 had given me the following responses. When asked if they liked clowns and what they thought about them‚ their reply was that they found them to be funny on
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the feared social or performance situation(s) interferes significantly with the individual’s normal routine‚ occupational or academic functioning‚ or social activities or relationships. Individual may also exhibit marked distress about having the phobia. The fear or avoidance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (drug of abuse or medication) or a general medical condition. It is not better accounted for by another mental disorder such as panic disorder with or without agoraphobia
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describe what people feel when they are suffering from a phobia. A phobia is an intense‚ ridiculous amount of fear of something or a situation that is far from what really could happen. Phobias affect people of all ages. The National Institute of Mental Health has stated that 5.1%-12.5% of all American’s encounter some sort of phobia. They are the most common psychiatric illness among women of all ages and men over 25. When someone has a phobia‚ they start to feel panic‚ dread‚ or anxious when
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