PHOBIAS
Dentophobia
What is the fear of dentists?
Known for its "Twelve Steps" and “Twelve Traditions” guidelines for keeping clean, Bill Wilson and Robert Holbrook Smith founded this alliterative support group in 1935, which launched one of its first meetings in Akron, Ohio
What is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?
These big cats are inherently extremely very nervous and skittish animals, and sometimes lack confidence. Dogs helps the the feel calmer and more confident in their environment, and are often paired together in captivity.
What are Cheetahs?
An anxiety disorder characterized by an intense fear of confined spaces or situations where escape might be difficult, causing individuals to experience anxiety, panic attacks, and avoidance behaviors when faced with such situations.
What is Claustrophobia?
the largest shark species in the world
What is the Whale Shark?
Equinophobia
What is the fear of horses?
In 2018, this much-decorated Team USA Olympic swimmer went public on the benefits of therapy with an ad campaign for the app Talkspace
Who is Michael Phelps?
What are Rats?
A group of conditions in which an individual’s internal body clock becomes out of sync with the external day-night cycle, leading to disturbances in sleep-wake patterns and other physiological processes
What is Circadian Rhythm Disorders?
The term for juvenile sharks
What are pups?
Hemophobia
What is the fear of blood?
The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus was written in the 17th century BC and contains the earliest recorded reference to the brain. It was written by this ancient empire.
What is Egypt?
These common household pets display pica behavior in their natural environments and there is evidence to support that this behavior has a psychological aspect to it
What are Cats?
refers to the phenomenon where adults have difficulty recalling early memories from their early childhood years, typically before the age of 3 or 4, due to the ongoing development of cognitive and neural processes during that period.
What is Childhood Amnesia?
Number of bones of the average shark?
What is 0?
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
What is the fear of long words?
3-word term (with an accompanying triangular graphic) is used to describe the theory of motivation first proposed by Abraham Maslow in 1943
What is Hierarchy of Needs?
These household pets can be prescribed Prozac to treat Depression.
What are Dogs?
A subtype of schizophrenia characterized by extreme changes in motor activity, ranging from excessive and purposeless movement to immobility and rigidity
What is Catatonic Disorder?
The bull shark developed this unusual adaptation
What is survival in fresh water?
Leukophobia
What is the fear of the color white?
Fake inmates and prison guards both got a mere $15 bucks a day to participate in Philip Zimbardo infamous 1971 psychological experiment at this university
What is Stanford?
Tori, an orangutan in a zoo, got ahold of a pack of cigarettes. After mimicking the actions of her keepers, she exhibited this pathology.
What is Addiction?
Involves the loss of one or more bodily functions. Examples include: Weakness or paralysis. Loss of balance or difficulty walking. Tremors or seizures.
What is Conversion Disorder?
an excessive fear of sharks
What is Galeophobia?