Arachnophobia

English Online Seminar: Alex Wasley Welcome and good evening to my online seminar of the novel ‘Jasper Jones’ This novel is set around the era of the 1960’s, in a hot summer day. This novel created by Craig Silvery has created the character Charlie Bucktin that I have chosen for my character analysis. Through the use of textual and aesthetic features Craig can show Charlies opposing views than society. Charlie struggles to understand people’s reasons for committing crimes like robbery in the…

The Reincarnation of the Eight-Legged Guide In a post-apocalyptic San Francisco, human bounty hunters and androids are firmly pitted against each other in a race for survival, and empathy, which only the humans allegedly possess, is the sole differentiating factor. In Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, through the evolution of the characters’ shifting perception of the spider, PKD uses the insect as a guide in order to reveal the destruction of traditional ideas rooted in…

An anxiety disorder is not just a feeling of worry or anxiety, it is a disorder which prohibits a person from carrying out a normal life. Out of all the disorders, anxiety disorders seem to be the most intricate due to the various types of anxiety disorders and their varying symptoms. The six major anxiety disorders include separation anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, social phobia (social anxiety), panic disorder with and without agoraphobia, and generalized anxiety. In “Chapter 6: Anxiety…

A phobia is defined as an irrational fear of something that can sometimes pose little or no real danger. In this paper we will look further into what a phobia really is and the theories and experiments behind them. There have been many experiments behind phobias including one experiment conducted by John B. Watson known as The Little Albert Experiment. We will dig deeper into this experiment and others later in the paper. According to the National Institute of Mental Health more than 10 million…

In fact, people fear, fear. These are called phobias, and they are extremely unhealthy. For example, my sister has arachnophobia; the fear of spiders. If she sees one she will call me to come kill it or she won’t be able to function. Phobia’s are not healthy fear because instead of functioning at a higher level she is dysfunctional. The emotion of fear has taught me many…

conditioning and operant conditioning are key components that help clarify the cause and continuation of phobias. In classical conditioning, one is conditioned to create a reaction towards something that makes them uncomfortable. For example, one who has arachnophobia is conditioned to fear spiders because they had a particular bad experienced it and associated that experience with fear. Operant conditioning is generally the result of classical conditioning. An individual 's response to stimuli…

Preparation Outline for Informative Speech Name: Darius Tan Jing Wei Tutorial Grp: W37 Date: 7th October 2016 Title: Informative Speech Topic chosen: Phobias Specific purpose: To inform my audience that phobias are wide ranging, different from fears, and there are specific methods of treatment to treat them. Central Idea: Phobias are an irrational fear, a kind of anxiety disorder in which the individual has a relentless dread of a situation, living creature, place or thing…

Phobias How common are phobias in individuals? What are different triggers that cause these phobias? Possibly the sight of an object or an animal. Approximately 4 to 5 percent of the US population has one or more significant phobias in a given year (Bresset, 2014). Phobias are very common in many individuals, but the causes are not always known. Most people do not know how to get over common phobias. However, we do not know what causes them, symptoms of phobias, or how to treat their phobias.…

We all have fears, but are they necessarily strong enough to cause us problems? You may not like spiders or snakes and may go out of your way to avoid them, but this is quite different to having a phobia about something. For example, it is natural to be afraid of a snarling Rottweiler, but not to be terrified of a friendly poodle on a leash. Although a phobia is similar to a fear, there is one key difference: the anxiety experienced by the person is so strong that it interferes with their life…

The high-pitched voice of a terrified college girl filled the hallway of Gallagher’s fourth floor this one night that I recall quite well. I was helping a friend of mine record a speech for her COM 101 class when we were interrupted by this screeching sound. I don’t live in Gallagher but I visit there often; so often that I know loud laughs of excitement were a part of the night routine or the piercing scream of a girl was only the result of a crazy prank. I can tell you about the many other…