Cherry, K.
(n.d.). Afraid of What? Check This List of Strange and Common Phobias.
Retrieved March 23, 2017 from https://www.verywell.com/list-of-phobias-2795453
This article
aims to provides us with an outline of the common fears that people experience
in their lives. One of them been arachnophobia which is the fear of spiders.
This phobia is thought to affect women more than men. In many case, the sight
of a spider can cause one to feel overwhelming fear and panic. Another one is
acrophobia-the fear of heights. This fear can also lead to anxiety attacks and
people who suffer from fear by go to great lengths to avoid high place.
Therefore, the purpose of Cherry’s article is to show how a lot people have
similar fears and phobias that are more common than others.
This article is
informative to use as background information. It explains how people tend to
have phobias that are more common than others. For example, the fear of heights
is more come than fear of snakes. The information is objective because it
describes previously fears that younger individuals have today measure up to
older people. Compared to the other sources, this article is best used as
evidence to show how individuals have similar phobia(s); in other words having an
overview of the common types of phobias would be a very important step to take
in my first paragraph.
Decker, E.
(2017, March 09) Can Phobias be Inherited Genetically? Retrieved March 24, 2017
from, https://www.rewireme.com/insight/can-phobias-be-inherited-genetically/
This article explains how phobias
can be inherited genetically. It describes how phobias developed during a
person lifetimes may be passed on to their children even before child rearing
begins. The author further backs up this claim with evidences that states “Baby
mice from conditioned parents who were then raised from birth by a foster
mother with no phobia had the cherry blossom phobia as adults. The phobic
behavior also occurred in mice conceived by in vitro fertilization that were
then raised by a foster mother. And baby mice from non-conditioned parents did
not develop the phobia when they were raised by a conditioned mother.”However,
the grandchildren of the conditioned mice also had the aversion, even if they
were raised from birth by neutral mice with no phobia history. Thus, the
purpose of the article is to demonstrate how fears can be passed down to
children and their children-children.
This article is
instructive and it allow us to get a better understand on whether phobias can
be inherited or not. It explains that the fears that we developed in our life
can be passed down to generation. The information is objective because it
describes previously how phobias can be passed even though environmental
factors can also play a role. Compared to the other sources, this article is
used to better interpret if an individual can develop phobias genetically or by
one's environment; in other words, determining rather or not phobias are
genetic can be helpful for people who are at higher risk of developing this
kind of this disorder and this would be in my second paragraph.
Fourier, D. P.
(2006). Treating phobias or treating people? Of acronyms and the social
context. Health SA Gesondheid, 11(3), 41+. Retrieved March 22, 2017
from, http://ez.lib.jjay.cuny.edu
Fourier's aim
in this paper is to show how phobias can be treated. Fourier backs up this
claim by demonstrating methods that people can take to reduce their phobias.
One possibility is to expose the sufferer to their own fears, without the
possibility of escape, until the fear disappears. Another, gentler, way is to
expose the person step by step to their fear until it no longer brings about
any fear. These methods are known as systematic desensitization (SD), which are
very successful ways of treating phobias. Thus, the purpose of Fourier's
article is to point out better ways to treated people today with phobias. The
language used in the article is directed towards an audience that care very
much in helping people who have phobias!
This article is
very educational and it explains how people can treated their phobias. The
information is objective because it describes previously methods that people
have use before to cure phobias to ones that we have today. Compared to the
other sources, this article provide a clear head and a better ways to help
people with phobias; in order words, finding a solution to this kind of
disorder would be a meaningful step to take in my third paragraph.
Kohler, M.,
Christensen, L., & Kilgo, J. (2014). Fears and phobias in children and
adolescents. Childhood Education, 90(5), 386+. Retrieved March 24, 2017
from, http://ez.lib.jjay.cuny.edu
Kohler’s
article offer to us an honest opinion on how fears and phobias can affect
children and adolescents very negatively and limited their growth. Kohler
further backs up his claim with evidences stating that “A child who is afraid
of dogs may be limited in interpersonal relationships, as potential friends may
have dogs. Unless we meet children’s fears head on, they may generalize fears
to other areas and ultimately limit their cognitive world.” So, the purpose of Kohler’s
article is to point out how certain fears in a child’s early life can affect
their healthy development and limited their sphere of learning. The language of
the article is directed to people who are concern about their children that
have fears that lead to phobias in their adulthood.
This article is
very helpful and it allow us to understand how children at a young age can
develop fears which can affect them very badly and limited their learning
abilities. The information is very useful because it explains how children can
be affected by their fears. Compared to the others sources, this article
provide a very detail description on how fears can influence children in their
early age and affect them in their adulthood; in other words, having an
overview of how disorder can affect children at an early age can allow us to
take better step on what we should really do and this would be in my fourth
paragraph.
