How does cognitive psychology explain phobias?
Cognitive pyschology explain phobias by attempting to explain the way they think about things. Most of the answers given by the above people are what a behavioral therapist does. The cognitive perspective model aims at explaining things via the thinking process and one’s perspective or view on things. In this case, a cognitive psychologist would say John “thinks” (the key word is think) that presentation is too much for him. For example, he might think “I am going to do bad,” the same way when ever we have to give a public speech or anything. And what the psychologist will try to do is change the way John sees things in a presentation. For example, by making John see that presentation are actually not as “scary” as he might think or “even if he fails, he can learn from the experience” etc. A cognitive psychologist will say the anxiety and panic that follows is result of way he thinks about the event. Thinking affects your feelings, and naturally when you are thinking negatively as in t
