https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii Psychology SAC 2 topic- phobias BY Gimma Gorgis 10G en-us 2017-05-08 00:51:57 UTC 2025-09-27 02:28:11 UTC hello@padlet.com gor0024 https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii/wish/170403360 Hypothesis- It is predicted that participants with a larger fear of spiders will perceive them bigger than they actually are and that they are unable to control unconscious fear.]]> 2017-05-08 00:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii/wish/170403360 gor0024 https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii/wish/170403465 A phobia is a extreme or irrational fear to something. Arachnophobia in particular is a phobia or fear of all spiders. There are many people who fear spiders from all around the world. Around 55% of women and 18% of men in Australia have feared or continue to fear arachnophobia (spiders). There are many theories that the bigger the fear of a certain object, the larger someone perceives it to  be]]> 2017-05-08 00:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii/wish/170403465 gor0024 https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii/wish/170403578 Source 1- Phobia's effect on perception of feared object allows fear to persist.
The aim is to determine a better understanding of how a phobia affects the perception of someone with feared objects. 
Procedure- 57 people with arachnophobia were given a task of approaching a spider in a tank. They were asked to use an 8 inch probe to nudge around the spider inside the tank whilst being 12 feet away from the tank. All 57 people repeated this task  over a course of 8 weeks and during the 8 weeks, they were asked to record how they were feeling from a scale of 0-100, 0 being distressful and 100 being calm.
Results/conclusion- The results after the 8 weeks show that there is a higher peak average ratings of distress level during the spider encounters and that people perceived the spider bigger than it actually is.]]> 2017-05-08 00:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii/wish/170403578 gor0024 https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii/wish/170404129 Source 2- Spider phobia brain 'processes unconscious fear'.
The aim given is to replace the fear response of a phobia with a relaxation response using gradual exposure to the phobia.
Procedure- 21 young women with arachnophobia were shown images of flowers with images of ranging spiders appearing for a spilt second every now and then.Then the participants were shown spider images for a longer period of time so that the images were clearly visible. Whilst all 21 woman were being tested, their brain activity was being recorded and monitored and compared to the group of women without arachnophobia. 
Results/conclusion- When the group of women with arachnophobia were shown clear images of spiders for a long period of time, the brain was unable to control it's response of the fear causing the arachnophobes to experience the full force of their fear.]]> 2017-05-08 01:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii/wish/170404129 gor0024 https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii/wish/170405198 The evidence that has been gathered supports both the hypothesis and theory as all participants tested were perceived to arachnophobia. The larger the participant fears the bigger the spider is being perceived. 
There is a possibility that sources of error were being shown in both methods. In both experimental methods, it does not state whether the participants are voluntary participants or not. in article 1 it does not state what gender or age vary the 57 participants are and if/or they have consent from legal guardians. However article 2 expresses that the participants used are all female and young. An ethical rule followed in both procedures is confidentiality as no names or private information of the participants were given out. There is a sign that shows perception of phobia's are biased, opinionated or anecdotal. Many people with a phobia or fear tend to stick to one thought of being scared of a certain object and they tend to not let that thought go.]]> 2017-05-08 01:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii/wish/170405198 gor0024 https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii/wish/170406011 The hypothesis gathered at the beginning  was proven as the researchers who conducted the experimental procedures drew to conclusion that fears are being perceived bigger than they actually are and that people are unable to control response of unconscious fear. All evidence gathered from the two articles are beneficial to society as it could help many people with certain fears understand why they perceive fears the way they do. The evidence gathered is also relevant to society as a whole considering many teenagers and adults in society do suffer from certain phobias due to perception. Perception of phobias allow the brain to see certain objects being feared larger and more dangerous than they actually are. It also allows the brain to be uncontrollable of its response to a certain phobia leaving the participant with the fear to experience the full force of their fear.]]> 2017-05-08 01:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii/wish/170406011 gor0024 https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii/wish/170409227 Article 1- Emily Caldwell. (2012). Phobias effect on perception of feared object allows fear to persist. Retrieved from http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/sizebias.htm
Article 2- Paul Siegel. (2017). Spider phobia brain 'processes unconscious fear'.  Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38880104]]> 2017-05-08 02:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gor0024/rs5dqh2cvaii/wish/170409227