PSYCH 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Psych, Acute Stress Reaction, Cognitive Therapy
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An irrational fear of a specific object or situation that markedly interferes with an individual"s ability to function. Blood-injury injection- differs from all other subtypes because panic attacks and inheritance is common. tendencies to faint and decreased blood pressure also occur. Separation anxiety disorder- characterized by children"s unrealistic and persistent worry that something will happen to their parents or other important people that will separate them. Phobias can be caused by direct exposure, experiencing a false alarm panic attack, observing someone else"s fear, and being told about danger. Social phobia (sad)- suffer severely around others. Performance anxiety- fear of performing a specific thing in front of others. 12. 1% suffer from social phobia, 50:50 gender wise--> prevalence: young, poor, single, undereducated. *learn to fear angry expressions before any other expressions and the fear diminishes more slowly than any other types of expression learning. *eye region = most threatening area of the face* *learned through growth that social evaluation can be dangerous*
