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    Decision Making

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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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    Phobophobia

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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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    Classical Conditioning

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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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    Hemophobia

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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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    I have always been afraid of snakes. I have been suffering from this phobia for as long as I could remember ‚and it never really went away ‚because some phobias cannot. For instance Martin ‚who suffers from claustrophobia‚paranoia‚ and is intimidated by his own father. In the elevator ‚William Sleator writes about a young boy named Martin who suffers from many phobias once he moves into a new apartment with his father. The apartments are old and damaged ‚and off the bat ‚do not feel safe to Martin

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    Claustrophobia

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    Claustrophobia Lorelie Gomez PSY/211 December 1st‚ 2012 Mrs. U’Lawnda Lewis Claustrophobia Claustrophobia is a fear or panic of being in a small space which involves emotional and physical reactions to triggering situations. This phobia could have developed in an individual either as a child being trapped in a small space playing a childhood game‚ or even as a young adult whom got stuck in an elevator. When these particular events happen‚ he or she accidently trap them self into a

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    engages in avoidance or escape behavior- operant behavior. A phobia is when the level of anxiety or escape behavior is severe enough to disrupt the person’s life. fears/phobias result of classical conditioning (association)- ‘dog’ =dog bite = fear of all dogs operant conditioning ( fear responses are reinforced by other’s behavior or escape behavior) - scared of school = don’t have to go to school modeling (most common) - mum is

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    Hemophobia

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    other hand is future-oriented‚ wherein one anticipates the possibility of a threat impending danger. According to her‚ Genetic factors are also considered as causes of phobia though not seen as the sole cause. For‚ family members often share learning experiences and other environmental factors that patient with social phobia describe their parents as having: 1) discouraged them from socializing; 2) placed undue importance on the opinions of others; 3) used shame as a mans of discipline. Rachman’s

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    water. They were believed to be the cause of the Bubonic Plague (though in reality rat-fleas were in fact the true culprits). This misplaced fear has been passed down since the 10th Century. [pic] Arachnophobia is one of the most common phobias. Persons who suffer from severe arachnophobia can experience a wide variety of symptoms. The worst among them is uncontrollable anxiety when especially when the object or situation is actually encountered. In severe cases the symptoms can

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