Essays Tagged: "Arachnophobia"

Phobias.

down. It all depends on what frightens and bothers the person. The top ten most common fears are:1. Arachnophobia- Fear of Spiders: half of women and 10 percent of men have, the fear of spiders, to so ...

(1 pages) 63 0 2.5 Sep/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Arachnaphobia.

erhaps billions across the globe suffer from specific phobias, and a very common specific phobia is arachnophobia, or the fear of spiders. "Arachnophobia is defined as the inordinate fear of spiders." ... e fear of spiders. "Arachnophobia is defined as the inordinate fear of spiders." (A.II, p.1) Having arachnophobia is like suffering form any other disease; however symptoms and the stimulus for this d ...

(6 pages) 45 0 4.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Phobias

ago for a person with motorphobia to live due to absence of motor vehicles, but defiantly not today.ArachnophobiaArachnophobia is the fear of spiders. Since spiders are not abundant as motor vehicles, ... e fear of spiders. Since spiders are not abundant as motor vehicles, I feel a person suffering from arachnophobia will have a easier time coping than a person suffering from motorphobia because spider ...

(3 pages) 42 0 3.7 Sep/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Phobias

tlessness or insomnia.Another issue to consider is some of the different types of specific phobias. Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders which is the most common of phobias. People who experience arac ... bia feel uneasy around the area they sense spiders or see spider webs. The reason for people to get arachnophobia is because of a traumatic childhood experience (Stiemerling, 1973).Next, there is clau ...

(8 pages) 76 2 4.5 Sep/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Nothing to fear but fear it self

ial and agoraphobia. Specific phobia is the fear of a specific object or thing. My fear of spiders (Arachnophobia) would fall under this category, along with Acrophobia (fear of heights), another comm ...

(2 pages) 28 0 1.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Therapy Plan for Nan

as paid visit to Nan. Nan suffers from several specific types of phobias. She is afraid of spiders (arachnophobia), water (aquaphobia-not to be confused with hydrophobia), and she is afraid of the dar ... ional phobic disorder. Nan has three specific phobias as mentioned earlier. Let's break them down.1.Arachnophobia- Medication alone is not a good or permanent solution to specific phobias although ben ...

(13 pages) 34 0 5.0 Sep/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Phobias and Addictions

nse, this can happen when looking at phobias with classical conditioning. An example of this can be arachnophobia, fearing spiders. Comparing this to Pavlov's dog experiment, the spider has no knowled ... and know it was time to be fed. When it comes to the fear of spiders, an individual suffering from arachnophobia only fears the spider because of the irrational or fearful thought that the spider may ...

(4 pages) 1 0 0.0 Jun/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine