PSYC 2000 Chapter : Psych Exam 4
Document Summary
Very primitive and primary: ego- all the levels of personality. These concepts are vague and not a lot of objective research. Irrational persistent fear of specific object or situation (e. g. , insects, heights, flying: a person refuses to fly but there is no reason to be afraid and nothing bad has ever happened to them. If you see a roach in a location and never go back to that place again: associated with: Intense anxiety when in the presence of object or in anticipation of situation: avoidance of situations, social anxiety disorder, key characteristics: Irrational persistent fear of social situations: fear of negative evaluation in front of a group of people, associated with: Intense anxiety in social situations: avoidance of social situations or public speaking, specifier, specific (e. g. , public speaking only, generalized- fear of any tpe of socail sitation no mattter how big or how small.
