Purely Psychological Phobias

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1. Let's begin with a few questions about different types of phobias and what they are a fear of. Arachnophobia is a fear of ____. large open spaces spiders paper racks

2. Pyrophobia is a fear of ______. pirates inanimate objects in general everyone fire

3. During the Victorian era, medical science became obsessed with identifying and naming new disorders. True False

4. Phobias have certain features in common. One is a 'simple' (or specific) phobia which is a fear that can be explained easily which only lasts for a short time of an object or thing that is seen as 'silly' to others

5. What is a 'social' phobia? A fear of being human A fear of social situations A fear of men A fear of women

6. What is 'agoraphobia'? A fear and anxiety of going outside the home A fear and anxiety of having phobias A fear and anxiety of spiders A fear and anxiety entering the home

7. A psychlogical researcher (Butler (1989)) described a phobia as being: a "persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation that is not in fact ______". What is the missing word? dangerous alive there scary

8. An explanation for phobias can be found in the behaviourist approach which gives the theory that phobias are 'learned'. CLASSICAL CONDITIONING is an example of this which suggests: people are 'forced' into learning a phobia none of these all children will obtain some sort of phobia association is made between a traumatic event and phobia

9. Another aspect of the behaviourist approach is OPERANT (INSTRUMENTAL) CONDITIONING, which implies that: continued access to phobia teaches person to deal with anxiety none of these soothing Instruments can be played everytime a person is near fear phobic avoidance is rewarded as levels of anxiety are reduced.

10. How we try to get rid of phobias: which one of these is NOT a way of treating phobias? Aversion Therapy Systematic Desensitisation Shock Therapy Implosion Therapy