CAS PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Shower, Hand Sanitizer

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Tracy Dunne

Document Summary

Nov 28: phobias: a learned fear, irrational fear of an object/intuition/activity (maintained by operational conditioning) Object phobias: fear of certain objects (easier to treat, can avoid object) Social phobias: fear of situations in which evaluation might occur (harder to handle on one"s own; need professional help. : questions: It is better to try remaining calm and deal with the situation rather than staying excited: obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) Made of 2 components: obsessions (unwelcoming thoughts, images, or impulses) and compulsion (repetitive behavioral responses). Eg: fear of germs (consistently using hand sanitizer, use tissue and gloves to stay away from germs) ; 2nd time: i may have touched the lock, i need to check again; 3rd time: i may have screwed up the lock somehow; they are not certain that they have done something) Alphabetizing: if you try to alphabetize, interrupting social activity, daily life (eg: at airport security) => it is in disorder spectrum.