9. The learner will be able to name the spectrum of anxiety disorders and describe their subjective impact on the sufferer.

Unit 4 Section 3Exercise 10 Phobias

Snake Jagger

List of phobias

Social phobia article http://www.aafp.org/afp/991115ap/2311.html

Study Questions

1. How does perspective influence the idea of phobia in this print?
2. Does the landscape say anything about phobias?
3. How do you interpret the artist's rendering of the spider's limbs? What meaning might your interpretation have for understanding arachnophobia (or other phobias)?
4. Why are there so many desert flowers around the spider?
5. Why is the spider out and about on the desert floor in the middle of the day?
6. Should social phobia be considered a disease? Looking at Table 2 of the article, when is treatment warranted and what treatments are most appropriate?