Phobias are Rooted in Adaptive Responses
Published on Feb 08, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Some Anxiety is Free Floating;
Some Exists ONLY in Specific Situations...
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MANY PHOBIAS
CAN BE LINKED TO
SPECIFIC ADAPTIVE RESPONSES...
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FOR EXAMPLE,
ACROPHOBIA,
FEAR OF HEIGHTS...
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Causes FREEZING,
...Which Makes One
Less Likely to Fall...
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HAEMOPHOBIA,
FEAR OF BLOOD...
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...Causes FAINTING, With Physiological Responses Making It
Less Likely to Bleed to Death
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AGORAPHOBIA,
FEAR OF CROWDS...
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Leads One to Avoid Places Densely Packed with Unknown STRANGERS
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While,
ARACHNOPHOBIA,
Fear of Spiders...
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And OPHIDOPHOBIA,
Fear of Snakes...
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Lead One to Avoid
Creatures That Are
DANGEROUS...
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