Social Anxiety Disorder: Social Phobia The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines social anxiety disorder as a marked and persistent fear of social or performance situations in which embarrassment may occur (DSM). Exposure to these situations provokes an immediate anxiety response such as a panic attack (DSM). In order to be diagnosed‚ fear or avoidance of these situations must interfere significantly with the person’s normal routines‚ occupational or academic functioning
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an abnormality in the brail‚ or you could pick up a mental disorder‚ such as PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). In this paper‚ I will be elaborating on the most common type of mental disorders‚ Anxiety disorders. Before we fully get into the different disorders of anxiety‚
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Phobias and Addictions PSYCH/300 December 17‚ 2010 Abstract The works and research of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner‚ the leader in behaviorism‚ help to illuminate and deepen the knowledge of how classical and operant conditioning‚ play an important role in the treatment of phobias and addictions. Phobias have a wide range of inflictions and limitations ranging from mild and moderate to severe. Addictions vary within themselves as well‚ from mild cases to those far more
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A- Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing. Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching. Acerophobia- Fear of sourness. Achluophobia- Fear of darkness. Acousticophobia- Fear of noise. Acrophobia- Fear of heights. Aerophobia- Fear of drafts‚ air swallowing‚ or airborne noxious substances. Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places. Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness. Agliophobia- Fear of pain. Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of
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Phobias and Addictions PSY 300 Phobias and Addictions Phobias and addictions are emotional issues that many people have to deal with on a daily basis. Phobias are an irrational fear of something. An addiction is a need that is difficult for the person to control. Phobias can be formed through classical conditioning. Addictions can be formed through operant conditioning. Classical conditioning and operant conditioning are both ways that we learn through experience. These forms of conditioning
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The Confinement of Phobias An average of about 8.7% of people in the United States suffers from various phobias. A phobia is an anxiety that is best described as an irrational fear that prohibits individuals from engaging in certain activities and causes them to avoid specific situations and objects. As a result‚ a person’s quality of life may decline due to fearful hindrances. At times‚ some may successfully mask their anxiety and learn to cope with them‚ thereby leading normal lifestyles. Others
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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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Anxiety Anxiety is defined as a normal human emotion that is experienced by the majority of people. There are several different levels of anxiety; the most common is General Anxiety Disorder‚ or GAD. Other types include panic disorder‚ obsessive compulsive disorder‚ post-traumatic stress disorder‚ social anxiety disorder‚ and specific phobias. (Katz MD) When one goes through an anxiety experience‚ they feel anxious or nervous. Everyone encounters anxiety in their lives; however anxiety disorders
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Audriana Rogers Phobias and Addiction Paper Psy 300 Instructor: Shane Williamson July 8th 2013 We have to ask ourselves what does phobia or addiction has to do with classical and operant conditioning. In this paper I will explain why how phobias can be developed through classical conditioning and operant conditioning as well as: O Explore how addictions can be developed through operant conditioning. O Distinguish between classical and operant conditioning. O Explain what extinction means
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Freud and phobias. Freud is one of the most familiar psychoanalysts. How did Freud influence the study of psychology? How did he analyze phobias? How are phobias acquired? How are phobias treated today? Research was conducted using books and electronic sources. Sigmund Freud is one of the best known psychoanalysts. He had very radical ideas for his time. Freud is associated with the idea that psychological problems stem from sexual desire. Freud even hypothesized that phobias are a result
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