An Experiential Learning Activity Demonstrating Normal and Phobic Anxiety
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Will Canu Ph.D, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: This article describes an activity for an undergraduate abnormal psychology course that used student-generated data to illustrate normal versus clinically significant anxiety responses related to specific phobias. Students (N = 37) viewed 14 images of low- or high-anxiety valence and rated their subjective response to each. Discussion in a subsequent class focused on differentiating normal from pathological fear and the theory of predisposed, evolution-linked phobias. Students indicated the exercise was interesting and contributed to their understanding of specific and social phobias.
An Experiential Learning Activity Demonstrating Normal and Phobic Anxiety
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- Publication
- Canu, W. H. (2008). An experiential learning activity demonstrating normal and phobic anxiety. Teaching of Psychology, 35(1): 22-25 (Feb 2008). Published by Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 1532-8023). DOI: 10.1080/00986280701826634
- Language: English
- Date: 2008