Discuss the different types of specific phobias and how they are acquired
What will be an ideal response?
Blood-injury-injection phobias demonstrate a fear of blood, physical injury, and needles. Situational phobias address fears of a particular situation such as riding on public transportation. Natural environmental phobias are fears of natural events such as tornadoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, etc. Animal phobias consist of fear of animals. Other is everything that does not fit into any of the above categories.
Phobias may be acquired in several different ways. One way is through classical conditioning. We may also learn fears vicariously (seeing someone else have a traumatic experience). Sometimes just being warned repeatedly about a potential danger is sufficient to develop a phobia.
Finally, it appears that several things have to take place to develop a phobia. First, some form of traumatic conditioning experience. Second, fear develops more easily if we are prepared to fear, i.e., inherently dangerous situations. Third, one must be susceptible to developing anxiety that the event will happen again.
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