82 - Phobias: A Year 12 Psychology Exam Crash Course
10/05/22 • 94 min
This episode we’ve put together a crash course on phobias. We know phobias are on the VCE psychology exam and we have covered the main topics and theories covered in the course. The episode is pitched at Australian year 12 psychology students (and for their parents wanting to understand what this psychology garbage is).
We don’t assume any prior psychology knowledge so this means that it is good episode for anyone who want to understand about psychological theory and treatment. Understanding phobias and their treatment brings together a lot of core psychological concepts. Listen in for easy to understand definitions, examples and how it all fits together to understand the case of Ron Weasley’s arachnophobia.
We can’t promise we have talked about everything on the exam but it should be a good way to brush up pre exam.
Looking for something specific?
01:20 Definitions
13:50 Prevalence
16:20 The 4 P’s & the biopsychosocial model: A case study of Ron Weasley
25:00 Classical conditioning
37:00 Operant conditioning
48:00 GABA dysfunction
51:10 Stress response system
55:45 Cognitive biases
1:01:30 Triggers
1:04:00 Transtheoretical model of change
1:09:00 Treatment
If you liked the episode please rate/review us or tell someone about the show.
You can access your free Calabash talk at https://calabash.courses/twoshrinkspod
This episode we’ve put together a crash course on phobias. We know phobias are on the VCE psychology exam and we have covered the main topics and theories covered in the course. The episode is pitched at Australian year 12 psychology students (and for their parents wanting to understand what this psychology garbage is).
We don’t assume any prior psychology knowledge so this means that it is good episode for anyone who want to understand about psychological theory and treatment. Understanding phobias and their treatment brings together a lot of core psychological concepts. Listen in for easy to understand definitions, examples and how it all fits together to understand the case of Ron Weasley’s arachnophobia.
We can’t promise we have talked about everything on the exam but it should be a good way to brush up pre exam.
Looking for something specific?
01:20 Definitions
13:50 Prevalence
16:20 The 4 P’s & the biopsychosocial model: A case study of Ron Weasley
25:00 Classical conditioning
37:00 Operant conditioning
48:00 GABA dysfunction
51:10 Stress response system
55:45 Cognitive biases
1:01:30 Triggers
1:04:00 Transtheoretical model of change
1:09:00 Treatment
If you liked the episode please rate/review us or tell someone about the show.
You can access your free Calabash talk at https://calabash.courses/twoshrinkspod
Previous Episode
81 - Psychology of Abortion
For episode 81 we’re taking a comprehensive, research driven look at abortion: what it’s like making the decision, how it impacts people psychologically and what happens if you can’t have one when you want to?
Join us for a discussion of what the research actually says, in all it’s complexity, about how women respond after an abortion.
To skip forward to a particular topic:
05:30 Decision making
19:35 Psychological impacts of having a voluntary abortion
40:25 Impacts on sexual functioning
44:45 Psychological impacts of having an abortion for medical reasons
49:12 Outcomes for women who want an abortion but are denied one
This week’s episode was brought to you by Calabash. Access your free talk at:
https://calabash.courses/psych-company/
Research (in order of discussion):
Introduction:
- APA Taskforce on Mental Health and Abortion (2008) https://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/abortion/mental-health.pdf
- Abortion definition (2019) https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/nine-out-of-10-abortions-done-before-12-weeks-in-many-high-income-countries/
- Australian abortion rates (2021) https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/215/8/estimating-abortion-rate-australia-national-hospital-morbidity-and
Decision making:
- Bracken & Kasl (1975) Delay in seeking induced abortion: a review and theoretical analysis
https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9378(75)90929-1 - Miller (1992) An empirical study of psychological antecedents and consequences of induced abortion
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1992.tb00898.x - Allanson (2007) Abortion decision and ambivalence: Insights via an abortion decision balance sheet
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13284200701675767 - Pereira, Pires & Canavarro (2019) Decision-making trajectories leading to termination of an unplanned pregnancy: specificities among adolescent and adult women https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2019.1566596
- Leithner et al (2021) Three or less? Decision making for or against selective reduction and psychological outcome in forty women with a triplet pregnancy
https://doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2020.1750005
Psychological responses following a voluntary abortion:
- Steinberg et al (2016) Psychosocial factors and pre-abortion psychological health: the significance of stigma
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.12.007 - Horvath & Schreiber (2017) Unintended pregnancy, induced abortion, and mental health
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-017-0832-4 - Rocca et al (2013) Women’s emotions one week after receiving or being denied an abortion in the United States
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24020773/ - O’Donnell, O’Carroll and Toole (2018) Internalized stigma and stigma-related isolation predict women’s psychological distress and physical health symptoms post-abortion
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0361684317748937 - Foster et al (2015) A comparison of depression and anxiety symptom trajectories between women who had an abortion and women denied one
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25628123/ - Toffol et al (2016) Anxiety and quality of life after first-trimester termination of pregnancy: a prospective study
https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.12959 - Van Ditzhuijzen et al (2018) Long-term incidence and recurrence of common mental disorders after abortion. A Dutch prospective cohort study
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.04.001 - Biggs et al (2017) Women’s mental health and well-being 5 years after receiving or being denied an abortion: a prospective, longitudinal cohort study
Next Episode
Analyze This - 2SP on the School of Movies
Head over to the School of Movies Podcast to listen to Amy and Hunter talk about the comedy mob film Analyze This starring Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal. We talk about anxiety attacks, toxic masculinity, doing therapy at gun point and the ethical issues of receiving gifts from your mobster client.
School of Movies Analyze This : https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-jbcwc-12d7d2b
School of Movies is a British podcast hosted by Alex and Sharon Shaw who dissect and discuss modern cinema, there is no movie podcast like it and it is well worth a listen.
2SP has previously been on their show discussing
Inside Out: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-44rqh-b61ed2
Zombieland: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-66pz9-c3c60f
and Mary and Max: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-mqs5i-eb20ef
Sharon was also a guest on 2SP in last year’s instalment of Shrinks on Film : https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/71-psychs-on-film-3-shrinks-with-a-vengeance/id1236774684?i=1000526171601
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