Biological and Psychological Phobic Factors

What is the biopsychosocial approach?

• A framework focused solely on biological factors in human health

• A holistic, interdisciplinary framework that considers biological, psychological, and social factors

• A method that only examines psychological factors in human behaviour

• An approach that excludes social influences in the development of health concerns

Which of the following is an example of a biological factor in the biopsychosocial approach?

• Social relationships

• Cognitive biases

• Genetic predispositions

• Community involvement

What is GABA dysfunction?

• The overproduction of GABA in the brain

• The main excitatory neurotransmitter in the nervous system

• The insufficient neural transmission or reception of GABA

• The role of GABA in enhancing memory recall

Which psychological factor contributes to the development of specific phobia?

• Genetic mutations

• Long-term potentiation

• Cognitive biases

• Social stigma

What role does operant conditioning play in the development of specific phobia?

• It precipitates the phobia by creating an initial association

• It perpetuates the phobia by reinforcing avoidance behaviour

• It has no influence on specific phobias

• It only affects phobia recovery, not development

The biopsychosocial approach considers only biological and psychological factors when examining health concerns.

• True

• False

Specific phobia is a type of anxiety disorder characterised by excessive fear of a particular stimulus.

• True

• False

Memory bias refers to accurately remembering a traumatic event without exaggeration.

• True

• False

Classical conditioning can precipitate the development of a phobia through the repeated association of a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus.

• True

• False

Long-term potentiation weakens the association between neural signals involved in perceiving a phobic stimulus and activating the fear response.

• True

• False