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Phobias- Psychopathology Revision
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AQA AS and A Level Psychpathology: Phobias. Includes Characteristics, Treatments, and Explanations
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Phobias- Psychopathology Revision
Characteristics
Behavioural
Panic
Crying/screaming
Freezing
Avoidance
Avoiding contact with phobic stimulus
Endurance
Remains in presence of phobic stimulus with high levels of anxiety
Emotional
Anxiety
Unpleasant state of high arousal
Fear is short-term response, anxiety is long term
Unreasonable and irrational
Absolute terror for something that can't cause any harm
Cognitive
Selective attention
Irrational beliefs
Cognitive distortions
Seeing phobic stimulus in an unrealistic way
E.g. snakes are monsters
Explanation
The two-process model
Acquisition by classical conditioning
Associating phobic stimulus with something that triggers a fear response
Watson 1920
Little Albert
1. White rat= NS, No response
2. Loud noise= UCS, fear response= UCR
3. White rat and loud noise= UCS, fear response= UCR
4. White rat= CS, fear response= CR
Maintenance by operant conditioning
Negative reinforcement
Avoidance of phobic stimulus= reduction in fear
Not a reward, but a preferred situation
Behaviourist approach
Evaluation
Application to therapy
Avoidance may not be result of anxiety reduction
Positive feelings of safety
Incomplete explanation
Role of evolutionary factors
Phobias may be result of innate predisposition to fear certain things
The dark would have been worthy of fear in the past (predators) even if it no longer is
Not all phobias follow trauma
Doesn't take cognitions into account
Treatment
Flooding
Immediate exposure to phobic stimulus
No anxiety hierarchy
Eventually worn out by fear response
Relaxed state
Classical conditioning
Extinction
Must give fully informed consent
Evaluation
Very traumatic
Often not completed
Cost-effective- much quicker than SD
Less effective for social phobias
They have cognitive aspects
Systematic desensitisation
Anxiety hierarchy
Gradual increase in level of anxiety situation causes
Relaxation techniques
Breathing technqiues
Exposure
Exposed while in a relaxed state
Work way up hierarchy until totally relaxed in presence of phobic stimulus
Classical conditioning
Reciprocal inhibition
Impossible to be anxious and relaxed simultaneously
Evaluation
It is effective
Supporting evidence
More effective than relaxation techniques alone
Suitable for diverse range of patients
Alternatives aren't suitable for people with learning difficulties
Preferred by patients- less unpleasant
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