Common Phobias and Their Definitions

The video discusses various types of phobias, which are excessive and irrational fear reactions. It covers specific phobias, social phobia, agoraphobia, glossophobia, claustrophobia, and other phobias like fear of flying, dental phobia, hemophobia, arachnophobia, sinophobia, ophidiophobia, and electrophobia. Each phobia is characterized by an intense fear of specific situations, objects, or experiences, often leading to avoidance behavior and significant distress.

What distinguishes a phobia from general anxiety disorders?

• Phobias are less intense than general anxiety disorders.

• Phobias are always related to social situations.

• Phobias are only about fear of animals.

• Phobias are excessive and irrational fears connected to specific triggers.

Which of the following is a characteristic of social phobia?

• Fear of public humiliation

• Fear of open spaces

• Fear of water

• Fear of heights

Agoraphobia is often misunderstood as a fear of what?

• Flying

• Enclosed spaces

• Open spaces

• Public speaking

What is glossophobia commonly known as?

• Fear of flying

• Fear of spiders

• Fear of public speaking

• Fear of heights

Which phobia involves a fear of enclosed or tight spaces?

• Arachnophobia

• Claustrophobia

• Sinophobia

• Ophidiophobia

What is a common cause of dental phobia?

• An unpleasant experience at the dentist

• Fear of open spaces

• Fear of water

• Fear of heights

Hemophobia is a fear of what?

• Blood or injury

• Flying

• Public speaking

• Darkness

Arachnophobia is the fear of which creature?

• Snakes

• Birds

• Dogs

• Spiders

Sinophobia refers to the fear of what?

• Insects

• Snakes

• Dogs

• Cats

Electrophobia is the fear of what?

• Heights

• Darkness

• Water

• Electricity