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Phobia

Defining Specific Phobia Specific phobia can be defined as a continual fear that is constrained to a circumscribed stimulus either item or scenario (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Without delay on exposure, the stimulus is prevented each time feasible or is persevered only with extreme anxiety happening. Besides, the intensity of fear commonly is extreme enough to exhibit interference in individuals functioning educationally, socially including family activities. Usually, the most normal reaction towards specific phobia would be flight or avoidance in terms of motor or known as behavioral system (Silverman & Moreno, 2005).