PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15.3: The Algorithm, Explanatory Style, Reuptake
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In most cases, anxiety occurs as a natural part of the fight-or-flight response; we experience this response as a racing, pounding heartbeat with increased respiration, as our autonomic systems prepare our bodies for quick action. In most cases, this leads to the individual staying inside their home almost all the time. 10. 6: phobias are sometimes divided into two categories: specific phobias and social phobias. Specific phobia: involves an intense fear of a specific object, activity, or organism: for example, a person may be afraid of specific animals, heights, thunder, blood, or injections, or other medical procedures. In some cases, these links form through observational learning, such as seeing vicious sharks in movies. For example, when something bad happens, such as the person failing at a task or a project, she tends to make internal, personal attributions for the events, blaming herself for what happened ("it"s all my fault!
