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Phobic Disorders Are Frequently Grouped into Three Different Categories

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Phobic disorders are frequently grouped into three different categories. List these three categories (categories, not individual phobias such as "fear of heights"), and provide a description of the characteristics associated with each. Discuss briefly behavioral theories that explain how phobic disorders may be acquired.


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Wish-Fulfillment Theory

A psychological theory suggesting that dreams represent the unconscious desires and wishes of the dreamer.

Manifest Content

In psychoanalysis, the manifest content is the literal storyline or surface meaning of a dream, as remembered by the dreamer.

Latent Content

The hidden psychological meaning of dreams, as distinguished from their manifest content.

Memory Consolidation

The process by which initial fragile memory states are transformed into stable, long-term memories.

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