Phobias

Question 1

What is the definition of a phobia?

Answer 1

An anxiety disorder which causes an extreme, irrational fear.

Question 2

What are the three types of phobia?

Answer 2

Simple/specific phobia
Agoraphobia
Social phobia

Question 3

What is a simple/specific phobia?

Answer 3

A fear of a specific object or environment

Question 4

What is a social phobia?

Answer 4

Feelings of anxiety in a particular social situation

Question 5

What are the 4 categories of simple phobia?

Answer 5

Animal phobias
Injury phobias
Situational phobias
Natural phobias

Question 6

What are the three categories of social phobia?

Answer 6

Performance phobias
Interaction phobias
Generalised phobias

Question 7

What is agoraphobia?

Answer 7

The fear of open or public spaces