Project on phobia and types of phobia and it's factors

Project on phobia

1. CLASS 29

2. Phobias

6. •Any of those scare you?
•If so, you may have a
phobia!

7. - irrational fear of a specific
situation or thing

- highly focused and conscious
Definition

8. Specific Phobias:
•A few are especially common
– they seem to be easily acquired
–seen in most cultures
•there are some cultural variations but some
categories are prominent

9. Fear Factor
•T.V. program highlighting common fears

10. What fears does the T.V.
program emphasize?
•Several traditional categories keep being
used
•i.e., common phobias

11. snakes

12. Insects

13. Eating bugs

14. heights

15. Deep Water

16. Claustrophobia

17. CATEGORIZING PHOBIAS
1.Animals: Insects; dogs; snakes
2.Natural environments
Heights, storms, deep water
3.Specific situations
Agoraphobia; Claustrophobia

18. 4. Fear of Injury
•Needles & knives are threats
•Sight of blood & guts are cues
•Dead bodies
•Ghosts, zombies

19. THEORIES OF ORIGIN
1.Psycho-Dynamic Theory
–Repressed fears
–Symbolic (e.g., snake = penis)

20. 2. Social Learning Theory
–conditioned by traumatic experience
–sometimes the exact event forgotten
–explains cultural differences
–examples ?

22. 3. Evolution & Genetics
•our species has hardwired (prepared) fears
•most phobias make evolutionary sense
•BUT
•genetic variation creates individual differences

23. Can we explain other common fears
with evolutionary psychology?
•The Supernatural: ghosts, etc.
•Germ phobia
•Dentists & Doctors
•Modern inventions: guns, electricity

24. Altogether different?
–Agoraphobia
–Math phobia
–Social phobia
–Homophobia

25. Bottom line
•Most phobias may be hard-wired or at least
easily acquired
•Some phobias may be culture-specific
•i.e., both nature & nurture play a role