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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Fear. It is something everyone has experienced at some point in time during their lives. Brief moments‚ like someone cutting in front of you with a car‚ a bully at school‚ even something as mundane as whether or not you’ve passed a class. They happen for all of us and for some of us‚ fear can be more than a brief moment‚ it can be an all consuming emotional disability. Everyone has experienced fear and most say it’s hard to describe. So‚ what exactly is fear and how does it affect us. What is fear
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whether it is realistic or fictional. Some of these fears never truly come to life for us while we live in fear‚ hoping for them not to happen and some fears truly come to life before us and destroy us. This was the case for Rick‚ who had an extreme phobia of ghosts. He was tormented throughout school‚ never given a break about this fear. Rick would always be dread going to out because of this‚ even going trick-or-treating on Halloween. On Halloween‚ someone from school would always decide to scare
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How Does Fear Affect The Brain? There is no doubt that the brain is the most vital organ in our bodies. Ever since humans have been given the opportunity to study the brain‚ so much has been learned and understood to better the future of humanity. Many advancements are still being discovered to this day and will continue to broaden the future of neuroscience. In the brain emotions play a big role in our behavior‚ but fear seems to be the most unpleasant of all the emotions. What causes
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Jade Weltchek Mr. Bacon English 2 4 March 13 Parents of the Time Back in the day‚ kids would play outside until the sun was set or their street lamp turned on. They would go out into the world and explore‚ make mud pies and find trees to climb‚ and yes this is still common‚ but a child’s imagination is limited with adults hovering over them at all times. Nowadays‚ parents have grown much more protective‚ not letting their children go out without any adult supervision. The children are as
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watch them. Similar to Hitchcock‚ they help me face my fears. Do you associate horror films with your fears? My biggest fears are demonophobia‚ which is the fear of evil spirits‚ and taphephobia‚ which is the fear of being buried alive (Phobia Lists). These phobias most certainly helped in my decision to compare and contrast the horror movies The Exorcist and The Ring‚ in my opinion‚ the two scariest movies of all time. The Exorcist and The Ring share a similarity; they both have an evil spirit working
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Many of the fears and phobias presented in therapy are very deep-rooted‚ and‚ because of this‚ the client is simply unable to see any evidence that would cast doubt on why they feel this way. They have become accustomed to avoiding situations‚ places‚ people etc so that they do not have to face that which terrifies them and never give the notion that their fear could be groundless any credence at all. When‚ however‚ they can at last begin to envisage alternatives‚ the ‘yin’ and ‘yang’‚ or ‘black’
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classical or operant conditioning. (b) Evaluate the therapy you have described in part (a) ” Systematic desensitization is a type of behavioural therapy based on the principle of classical conditioning. This therapy aims to remove the fear response of a phobia‚ and substitute a relaxation response to the conditional stimulus gradually using counter conditioning. This is done by forming a hierarchy of fear‚ involving the conditioned stimulus e.g. a spider‚ that are ranked from least fearful to most fearful
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by plane: aerophobia A fear of flying‚ also commonly known as aerophobia‚ is widely considered as an irrational fear. It is one of the most widespread fears that people usually have. The symptoms of aerophobia are similar to those of any specific phobia. Physical symptoms of the fear of flying may include anxiety‚ trembling‚ feeling of dread‚ sweating‚ heart palpitations‚ panic attacks‚ vomiting‚ and feelings of terror. You may become flushed‚ disoriented‚ and unable to think clearly. People with
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situations that involve heights. At this point they are labelled ‘acrophobic’. Acrophobia is the extreme and irrational fear of heights. With a prevalence of about 5% in world population‚ it’s one of the most common phobias. The traditional theory states that acrophobia‚ like most other phobias‚ is the result of a traumatic experience. Those who suffer from acrophobia were likely to have undergone a dreadful experience that involved heights. They could have for instance fallen awfully from a height and
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