PSYCH 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15.2: Social Anxiety Disorder, Phobia, Specific Phobia
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15. 2 anxiety disorders: excessive fear, anxiety, and avoidance. Anxiety disorder: the class of mental disorders in which anxiety is the predominant feature. Phobic disorders: marked, persistent, and excessive fear and avoidance of specific objects, activities, or situations o. Recognizes that the fear is irrational but cannot prevent it from interfering with everyday functioning. Specific phobia: irrational fear of a particular object or situation that markedly interferes with an individual"s ability to function o. In children - loud noises or costumed characters: approximately 12% of people in the us will develop a specific phobia during their lives, higher in women. Social phobia: irrational fear of being publicly humiliated or embarrassed o o. Involve being observed or interacting with unfamiliar people. Experience intense anxiety and distress when public exposure is unavoidable: usually during adolescence and early adulthood, more women. Preparedness theory: people are instinctively predisposed toward certain fears o. Spiders / snakes: negative facial expressions o o.
