UNIT 3: PHOBIAS

Definition of phobia:

A/an (1)______________________________________________fear

2 main kinds of phobias:

• (2)___________________ phobia (Examples: fear of (3)____________)

• (4)__________________ phobia (Examples fear of (5)______________)
3 characteristics of a phobia:

• First, a phobia is (6)_______________ response. For example: When someone asks Maria –
who has a phobia of (7) _______________, she’d start (8) ____________ and (9)
__________________.
• Second, a phobia often lasts (10)_______________________.
• Third, a phobia is (11)___________________________________________________.
3 examples of names of phobias:

• (12)________________ is a fear of sleep

• (13)________________ is a fear of dogs
• (14)_________________is a fear of being in closed places
2 theories on why people have phobias:

• The first theory says that a phobia is (15)___________________.

One way a person can develop a phobia is because of (16)________________________.

E.g. (17)__________________________________________________________.

The other way people can learn to have phobias is by indirect learning. That means, they
develop a phobia by (18)________________________

E.g. (19)__________________________________________________________.

• The second theory is called (20) _________________. This means that a person learns to have
phobias as a result of (21) ______________________.
E.g. one patient’s fear of darkness was due to the fact that his father once
(22)__________________ as a punishment when he was a child.

2 treatments to phobias:

• First, a phobia can be (23)_________________, which is done step-by-step.

• Second, the psychologist can help patients to realize their
(24)____________________________.