4.2.3C Warmup

Stigma associated with having a phobia will probably result in the individual with a specific phobia:

• gaining social support from friends.

• lacking social support.

• coping as best they can.

• seeking treatment from a professional.

Stimuli or experiences in a person’s environment that evoke an extreme stress response, leading to the development of a phobia:

Traumatic events will always lead to a phobia.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Organise these options into the right categories of factors contributing to specific phobia.

Groups:

(a) Biological

,

(b) Psychological

,

(c) Social

• GABA dysfunction

• Operant conditioning

• Stigma

• Specific environmental triggers

• Memory bias

• Classical conditioning

• Catastrophic thinking

• Long term potentiation

Have you completed last lesson's GREEN Task? (4.2.3B)

• YES! :D

• No... :(