All of the Following Are Characteristics Common to Specific Phobias

question 134

Multiple Choice

All of the following are characteristics common to specific phobias EXCEPT

• A) strong and persistent anxiety related to a specific object or situation.
• B) significant attempts by the anxious individual to avoid the phobic situation.
• C) recognition by the person with the phobia that the anxiety is excessive or unreasonable.
• D) decreased arousal of the autonomic nervous system.

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Definitions:

Truth Value

The truth or falsity of a proposition.

Disjunction

A logical operation that combines two statements in such a way that the compound statement is true if at least one of the statements is true.

Contradictory Statements

Statements that cannot both be true at the same time and under the same conditions because they assert opposing propositions.

Conjunction

A logical operator that combines two statements or conditions, both of which must be true for the overall statement to be true.