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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Definitions:

Meyer

This could refer to multiple individuals depending on the context; in psychology, it might not refer to a specific, widely-recognized theory or concept without additional qualifiers.

Ebbinghaus

Refers to Hermann Ebbinghaus, a German psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory, known for his discovery of the forgetting curve and the spacing effect.

False Memories

Recollections of events that did not actually occur, often constructed by the brain or suggested by others.

Visual Images

Pictures, visual scenes, or representations created in the mind or displayed by various technologies.