and each angle tells you a little about her life‚ and the way she sees things. In‚ The Rare Phobia‚ this woman begins with shocking statistics explaining how many different phobias exist. She continues to tell her own personal story about her fear of baseballs. At this point‚ she defiantly has everyone’s attention in the room with such a shocking phobia. She goes on to provide examples of how severe her phobia is‚ that she cannot even hold a baseball without that intense fear. On Disc two in speech
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I’M THE KING OF THE CASTLE COURSEWORK The Red Room is a significant scene in the novel I’m the King of the Castle due to the many themes and issues that are prominent throughout the entire novel are manifested in this scene in two main ways: symbolism and descriptions. The author uses these to highlight the main themes of the novel‚ among them Hooper’s power over Kingshaw‚ as well as Kingshaw’s own insecurities and deep fears. So far‚ Hooper has shown to be more powerful than Kingshaw in many
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Paula Santa Cruz AP Psychology December 1‚ 2012 Xenophobia is commonly defined as a disorder causing one to be deathly afraid of strangers and being in public areas. a) assuming the role of a successful psychologist‚ explain how you might use systematic desensitization to help cure a patient of xenophobia. b) if your initial attempts using systematic desensitization fail‚ what will you prescribe next? Desensitization is awfully similar to classical conditioning in the way that the
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What about Bob Bob Wiley is diagnosed with multiple phobias causing a hindrance in his life to function in the real world. Bob’s agoraphobia (STELTER‚ R. 2009)‚ a fear of public places‚ causes him to be confined and work from his home. For that reason‚ his only friend is a pet fish named Gill that he carries around with him in the movie. When Bob does decide to leave his house‚ he has difficulty touching anything in public. This phobia is known as {text: bookmark-start} Aphephobia {text: bookmark-end}
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restriction had been started again when she was in closed spaces like an elevator. By taking a look at the dictionary we find out that phobia is defined as a strong unreasonable fear or hatred of a particular thing. Types of phobias that I would like to discuss are divided into three categories: Hydrophobia‚ Claustrophobia‚ and xenophobia. The first kind of phobia that I am going to write about is Hydrophobia. Hydrophobia is an anxiety disorder that causes fear of drowning. The panic is generally
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Learning Experience Paper How could someone become afraid of heights? Acrophobia is simply a fear of heights (Holden‚ 1995). Being afraid of heights is common and sometimes appropriate feeling. The phobia kicks in when you feel afraid in a safe environment such as the inside of a skyscraper. Acrophobia is treated with graded exposure therapy (Holden‚ 1995). Fear is an emotion produced by the brain to avoid a potentially bad situation or anxiety caused by the presence of danger. Fear caused by
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in a dark environment? Do you become angry or defensive if anyone tries to encourage you to spend time in the dark? If your answer is yes to any or all of the above questions‚ then you might be suffering from Nyctophobia. Nyctophobia is a common phobia in children. In many cases‚ childhood Nyctophobia passes as the child matures. While adults with Nyctophobia realize that these fears are irrational‚ they often find that facing‚ or even thinking about‚ facing the darkness brings on a panic attack
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2 Reflective Paper #8: Applying Classical Conditioning According to the National Institute of Mental Health in 2012‚ 30.5 % of people had arachnophobia– the fear of spiders ("Fear/Phobia Statistic‚" 2012). This fear was ranked third out of the top ten most common fears. Some people believe that this fear is learned by means of classical conditioning. If arachnophobia can be classically conditioned then there would need to be an unconditioned
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adventures‚ without ever giving too much thought to our own mortality--ever present as it may be. While a generalized fear of death seems to be healthy; perhaps‚ protecting us from possibly dangerous situations‚ at one point when does a fear‚ become a phobia? In the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the reader can clearly observe a transition from what would seem to be a healthy fear of death‚ to an obvious case of Thanatophobia‚ or an unhealthy fear of death. Throughout the story‚ it is made clear to us‚ that both
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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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