How Do Phobias and Common Fear Differ

question 175

Multiple Choice

How do phobias and common fear differ?

• A) Fear more dramatically interferes with a person's life.
• B) Fear relates to intangible objects, whereas a phobia is specific to tangible things.
• C) A phobia causes physiological changes, whereas fear causes cognitive changes.
• D) A phobia leads to a greater desire to avoid the thing that causes fear.

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