particular those that constitute modern medical therapeutics.” (Source 2) Thus this essay will describe Dr. Wolpe‚ a theorist in the realm of cognitive behavior therapy. Dr. Wolpe believed that since some phobias could be‚ “learned through classical conditioning‚” (Text book pg.74) then fears and phobias are essentially learned and thus consequently can be unlearned. This is the basic concept that he uses for not only understanding the illness but also for treatment. Thus cognitive behavior therapy essentially
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desensitization program when practically applied has been proven to be highly affective and has become the leading treatment for phobias and anxiety (Sapp‚ 2004). Put simply‚ since this system assumes that phobias are learned‚ and therefore can be unlearned‚ it provides a process to help people accomplish this using a controlled exposure to whatever the focus of the phobia may be. It thereby helps to take away the individuals reactivity to the particular object. To prepare for the process‚ the individual
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1) Define Fear and Phobia Fear - An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous‚ likely to cause pain‚ or a threat. Phobia - An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something: "he had a phobia about being under water"; "a phobia of germs". 2) Give Examples of Phobias A Ailurophobia- Fear of cats. Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease. Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens. Algophobia- Fear of pain. Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic. B Bibliophobia-
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older‚ a few may suffer badly from phobias. These are unreasonable fears‚ which send one’s body and mind into panic. Some of the common phobias are a fear of heights‚ spiders‚ and closed places‚ flying in planes‚ speaking in public‚ injections or blood. There are also endless uncommon phobias‚ including fear of running water‚ swallowing solid food and even going to the hairdresser’s. Everyone is mildly phobic about something‚ it is natural. But when your phobia spoils your life it’s time to do something
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About a Pretty Sunset” “Talking shit about a pretty sunset‚” is a song that portrays an overall apathetic outlook on life. The listener can clearly hear the discontent expressed in the words sung and the execution in the music. Thoughts of suicide‚ phobia of commitment‚ lack and gain of motivation‚ fixation and illusions of a better life are all present. Through the complex breaks and climax of the song‚ tells an emotional story of revelation‚ realization and self-actualization. From the beginning
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Assigment No.1 1.“Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.” Enlightenment means learning. Responsibility means the ability to act or decide on one’s own‚ without supervision. To go over‚ the main point with the statement above tells us that “Learning every aspect of your life is achieved by deciding things on your own.” A self-growth directed person is a person who knows how to choose between two things and solve problems or situations based on his own understanding. A self-growth
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(Queijo 1). Phobias are exaggerated‚ unjustified fears of everyday objects or situations (Phobias 1418). They are the number one mental health problem in the United States and affect about 19 million people sometime in their lives (Queijo 1). According to the last count there are around 530 known phobias‚ but new phobias appear every day‚ there are phobias for everything‚ as long as the object or action exists‚ there is sure to be someone with a phobia of it. There are three major types of phobias that
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Phobia’s with classical conditioning‚ a phobia can be developed in a classical conditioning when you produce a fear tactic with it. Like for example when I was 12 years of age my cousin’s always had me with the fear of pushing me in a huge pool of water knowing that I was feared of a lot water. They finally got the chance to sneak up on me to push me.‚ that’s seem like the worse day of my life. At that time I just knew I was going to drown. All I could remember is someone pulling me up from
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personal phobia. A phobia is a fear of something‚ like snakes‚ spiders and blood. The fear of blood is also known as hemophobia. While reviewing this phobia there were a couple of things that stood out‚ and seemed more interesting to me. Including the symptoms‚ causes and consequences that hemophobia contains. Some may find the fear of blood to be irrational‚ others may find it as a reminder of a tragic event that had happened which causes the fear to become a phobia. As many phobias root from
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population. Among the most common are Phobias. The term phobia means “fear of”. Acrophobia the fear of heights‚ being a phobia that I myself can relate to I decided to make that to focus of this paper. Phobias if not taken seriously can put tremendous strain on your body and mind. Antonio Monroe Psych Final Paper 4/23/2012 Acrophobia There are literally thousands of different types of Psychological disorders among the most common are phobias. Phobia is the suffix meaning “Fear of”. Acrophobia
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