Writing Assignment: Social Phobia Social phobia‚ also known as social anxiety disorder‚ is a psychiatric disorder characterized by anxiety about being in public or social gatherings. People with social phobia have an intense fear of being judged by others and of doing something that will humiliate or embarrass them. They become extremely self conscious and anxious during everyday social situations‚ which makes it difficult to make and maintain healthy relationships. Although this disorder sounds
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Explaining Phobia Student’s Name PSYCH/504 Date Teacher’s name Explaining Phobia Phobias are very common. The Association of Psychiatry defines phobia as an excessive and persistent fear of a specific thing (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2012). Sally‚ who has a dog phobia since she was in second grade because of a negative experience has anxiety when she meets someone and is asked to go to a new place where she does not know if there is a dog present or not. To explain
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Math Phobia Math phobia‚ which is exhibited by many students‚ is the persistent‚ illogical‚ intense fear of not succeeding in math. It is the belief that one is unable to handle the difficulty associated with learning math. Many people incorrectly assume that math phobia and an inability to be successful in mathematics are inherited from one’s parents. Several legitimate factors contribute to‚ and increase the severity of‚ this perception. For instance‚ gender and ethnic backgrounds are not
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Dental Phobia Dental phobia‚ dental fear‚ and/or dental anxiety have been used interchangeably in the dental literature to describe the overwhelming discomfort that some youth and adults experience in dental situations. (1) People can fear a specific activity‚ object or situation. People with dental phobia often put off routine care for years or even decades. To avoid it‚ they will put up with periodontal disease‚ pain‚ or even broken and unsightly teeth. People often use the words "anxiety" and
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Coulrophobia “Clown Phobia” Informal Learning Experience Shalunda Lester University Of Phoenix Coulrophobia “Clown Phobia” Informal Learning Experience Coulrophobia also know as clown phobia is very common in children. The University of Sheffield conducted a study in 2008 and concluded that a lot children did not like clown decorations in physicians ’ office settings or hospitals. The researchers questioned more than 250 kids ages between four to 16 on what they thought about the idea
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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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Phobias and Addiction Rachael Thomas PSY/300 January 26‚ 2014 Professor Chung Phobias and Addiction Webster Dictionary defines phobia as “a persistent‚ irrational fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that leads to compelling desire to avoid it” ("PHOBIA‚" n.d) Whereas Addiction is defined as “the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or something that is psychologically or physical habit-forming‚ as narcotics‚ to such extent its cessation causes severe trauma” ("addiciton‚"
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Jessy Arroliga 9:00AM 10/26/12 Informative speech Topic: Panic Attacks General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates about Panic Attacks. Central Idea: I want to inform my classmates about what a Panic Attack is‚ what triggers a Panic Attack and what are the symptoms of a Panic Attack. INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: Have any of you ever been scared of going on a roller coaster or going into a hunted maze? Did you know that you are prone to a Panic attack?
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Niccolo Ammaniti demonstrates in his popular novel‚ ’I’m Not Scared’‚ the role fear plays in people’s lives and their respective decisions. He discusses how fear is able to manipulate key character’s moral instincts and distort their interpretations of what is right. Fear is shown to be an extremely powerful underlying contributor to many of the situations that the characters find themselves in and the paths they chose to follow. Teresa‚ Pino and all the other adults of Aqua Traverse perfectly
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In the daily lifetime‚ there is great deal of fears which are existing inside everyone. Maybe the fear of something unreal or mentally mysterious like ghost‚ demon‚ evil forces‚ characters‚ height‚ darkness... or even something substantial such as the fear of spiders‚ of snakes‚ rats‚ dogs‚ mosquitoes‚ monkeys or even scared of himself . I have some‚ you have some‚ he has some‚ she has some ‚everyone has some ! We all have fears‚ they are obviously different and individual. To me‚ i have a lot of
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