PS280 Lecture Notes - White Matter, Classical Conditioning, Basal Ganglia
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: fear of: ergosiaphobia working fear of contamination and dirt, mysophobia, examples of common phobias. : fear of: claustrophobia closed spaces fear of public, agoraphobia: spaces. Specific phobias: specific phobias: specific object or situation, phobias sub. Divided according to source of fear: 1. Natural environment (heights, water: evidence to support the grouping of fears into 5 factors: (fear of public spaces, 1. Speaking fears (e. g. blood/needles, storms/thunder) unwarranted fears caused by the presence or anticipation of a. Behavioural theories: focus on learning as the way in which phobias are acquired; several types of learning may be involved, avoidance conditioning: reactions are learned avoidance responses, avoidance-conditioning formulation, phobias develop from 2 related sets of learning: Cognitive theories thoughts can maintain a phobia: focus on how peoples thought processes can serve as a diathesis and on how, anxiety is related to individuals who are more likely to, 1.
