What Is the Term for an Intense Fear of Being

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Multiple Choice

What is the term for an intense fear of being in a situation where immediate escape is not possible or help is not immediately available in case of incapacitating anxiety?

• A) Social phobia
• B) Agoraphobia
• C) Complex phobia
• D) Specific phobia

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Definitions:

Initiative Versus Guilt

Erikson's third stage of psychosocial development, where children begin to assert control and power over their environment through directed play and other activities.

Cognitive Development

The progression of learning and development of intelligence, conscious thought, and problem-solving ability that occurs from infancy through adulthood.

Conservation Problems

Cognitive tasks that assess the understanding that quantity remains the same despite changes in shape or appearance, often used in developmental psychology.

Hierarchical Classification

A system of organization where entities are arranged in a ranked or graded order, often used in biological taxonomy to classify living organisms into successively more inclusive groups.